Numerical study on active wave devouring propulsion

• Published in: Journal of marine science and technology Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 261 - 275
• Main Authors: De Silva, Liyanarachchi Waruna Arampath, Yamaguchi, Hajime
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.09.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Automotive Engineering; Design parameters; Engineering; Engineering Design; Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Flapping foil; Fluid dynamics; Free surfaces; Gravity; Gravity waves; Hydrodynamics; Hydrofoils; Marine; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mechanical Engineering; Navier-Stokes equations; Numerical analysis; Numerical simulation; Offshore Engineering; Original Article; Oscillating; Surface waves; Wave devouring propulsion; Wave energy; Wave power; Wave devouring propulsion; Numerical simulation; Flapping foil

The possibility of extracting energy from gravity waves for marine propulsion was numerically studied by a two-dimensional oscillating hydrofoil in this study. The commercially available computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT was used for the unstructured grid based on the Reynolds-average Nav...