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Abstract
The well-known dispersion relation links the length and period of a water wave with the depth in which it propagates. When model testing in tanks, the water depth should be consistently scaled to correctly replicate the waves. While this is done routinely by scaling foreshore bathymetry in coastal engineering physical model studies, and is not significant for deep water scenarios, this is not always considered when testing marine renewable energy devices, which are often in intermediate depth. Where water depth is not scaled consistently there will be resulting errors in wave parameters including wavelength, steepness, celerity, group velocity, and power. Design diagrams are presented to quantify and visualise these discrepancies over a typical range for testing offshore renewable energy devices. This design tool will facilitate experimental planning, quantification of uncertainties, and correlation of model test results with field data. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 109-113 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International Journal of Marine Energy |
Volume | 18 |
Early online date | 20 Apr 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
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FloWaveTT: UK Centre for marine energy research: The all UK waters, combined, current and wave test facility.
Bryden, I. (Principal Investigator), Ingram, D. (Co-investigator) & Wallace, R. (Co-investigator)
1/10/10 → 28/02/11
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Tom Bruce
- School of Engineering - Personal Chair in Coastal and Maritime Hydromechanics
Person: Academic: Research Active