TY - JOUR
T1 - THE EFFECT OF DIFFRACTION ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WAVE ENERGY IN THE LEE OF AN OVERTOPPING TYPE WAVE ENEGRY CONVERTER ARRAY
AU - Monk, Kieran
AU - Zou, Qingping
AU - Conley, Daniel
PY - 2012/9/28
Y1 - 2012/9/28
N2 - A computationally efficient approximate analytical solution based on the classic solution for diffraction about a semi-infinite breakwater, is developed to assess the wave energy shadow down-wave of a single row array of overtopping type wave energy converters approximated as partially transmitting breakwater segments. The approximations associated with the solution are mitigated by a comparison with the mathematically exact but more computationally expensive boundary element method for the same problem. The approximate analytical solution is compared with a non-physical solution where diffraction is not accounted for to quantify the net re-distribution of wave energy by the diffraction mechanism with increasing down-wave distance from the array.
AB - A computationally efficient approximate analytical solution based on the classic solution for diffraction about a semi-infinite breakwater, is developed to assess the wave energy shadow down-wave of a single row array of overtopping type wave energy converters approximated as partially transmitting breakwater segments. The approximations associated with the solution are mitigated by a comparison with the mathematically exact but more computationally expensive boundary element method for the same problem. The approximate analytical solution is compared with a non-physical solution where diffraction is not accounted for to quantify the net re-distribution of wave energy by the diffraction mechanism with increasing down-wave distance from the array.
U2 - 10.9753/icce.v33.waves.16
DO - 10.9753/icce.v33.waves.16
M3 - Conference proceedings published in a journal
SN - 2156-1028
VL - 0
SP - 16
EP - 16
JO - Coastal Engineering Proceedings
JF - Coastal Engineering Proceedings
IS - 33
ER -