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Hydrodynamics

Interactions between fluids and device structures.

Hydrodynamics refers to the interactions between fluids and device structures. In the context of marine renewable energy, hydrodynamics is typically discussed in relation to array effects, performance, and control. Common focuses of research include, recovery from turbulent wake fields and how this affects device spacing within a tidal array, as well as performance testing in different conditions. Hydrodynamic studies may involve experimental analysis of wake characteristics or the use of computational fluid dynamics modeling.

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Marine Energy Documents Related to Hydrodynamics

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Hydrodynamics.

Total: 2191

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Tethered undersea kite turbine for tidal energy harvesting: A numerical design study Falatoori, A., Riasi, A., Tryggvason, G. Journal Article Current, Kite, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Investigation of flow and energy characteristics of counter-rotating horizontal axis tidal turbine Wei, X., Zhang, W., Wang, X. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Cavitation phenomenon and noise characteristics of the tidal current turbine with leading-edge tubercles Fan, M., Xu, L., Hong, Z Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Acoustics, Hydrodynamics, Structural
Turbulence characteristics and anisotropy in the wake of a tidal turbine under bathymetry-induced shear flow Chen, L., Cai, S., Sun, Z. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics
Role of preload in determining the performance enhancement of tidal turbines by passive pitch Sunil, P., Frankowski, K., Young, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Lab Data, Modeling, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Controlling tip vortices and cavitation through tip permeability for tidal turbines Liu, Y., Tan, J., Willden, R. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Effect of duct designs and external separated vortex on the performance of bidirectional ducted tidal turbines Liu, S., Zhang, J., Sun, K. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Substructure
Parameterized Airfoil Design and Optimization for Vertical-Axis Tidal Turbines Li, L., Wang, X., Hu, X. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Harnessing Energy and Engineering: A Review of Design Transition of Bio-Inspired and Conventional Blade Concepts for Wind and Marine Energy Harvesting Ramakrishnan, R., Kamra, M., Nuaimi, S. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics
Wave interference and energy conversion in a 3D land-fixed oscillating water column system Palmer, H., Zhao, M., Wu, H. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Advancing Marine Renewable Energy for Island Nations: Design and Development of a 20 kW Floating Kuroshio Turbine (FKT) Lee, C. Journal Article Current, Ocean Current Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Performance and near-wake characteristics of a counter-rotating horizontal-axis tidal turbine with bidirectional blades Liu, S., Zhang, J., Sun, K. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
A method of testing biofouling growth over surfaces immersed in natural seawater and exposed to hydrodynamic stresses to mimic conditions over tidal turbines Daly, P., Delgado, A., Richards, C. Journal Article Current, Tidal Field Data Hydrodynamics
Built-in wave energy converter inspired adaptive vibration control for offshore floating platform Zhang, Y., Bian, J., Huang, Z. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Wave-to-wire simulation of a raft-type WEC with a mechanical PTO He, K., Gao, H. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off
Wave energy harvesting of a floating membrane carpet tethered by array-arranged power take-off units Teng, Z., Cheng, Y., Dai, S. Journal Article Wave, Pressure Differential Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental validation of time domain simulations with HAMS-MREL and comparative analysis of linear and weakly nonlinear models for dense WEC arrays Asiikkis, A., Raghavan, V., Grigoriadis, D. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
Failure analysis of tidal turbine blades: understanding erosion mechanisms and their impact on structural integrity Habibi, P., Abad, F., Dai, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance, Structural
Blade shape evaluation for cross-flow tidal turbines—A fast and automated assessment tool for early design stage based on power and load coefficients Ruiz-Hussmann, K., Delafin, P.-L., Bennecke, T. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
An Integrated Tuned Hydro-PTO Semi-Submersible Platform for Deep-Sea Wind-Wave Cogeneration: Design, Hydrodynamic Analysis Wang, G., Yang, H., Zhou, F. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Modeling Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Power Take Off, Structural
Experimental identification of blade-level forces, torque, and pitching moment for cross-flow turbines Snortland, A., Van Ness, K., Franck, J. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Analysis of turbulence characteristics in a nearshore area beyond the surf zone of a mesotidal bay Arias-Esquivel, V., Rashidi, S., Yan, S. Journal Article Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Review of fluid mechanics problems on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pipeline systems Guo, H., Liu, M., Xiao, L. Journal Article OTEC Hydrodynamics, Structural
Mesoscale Linear Elastic Modeling and Homogenization of Marine Energy Composites Creveling, P., Anderson, E., Blank, O. Journal Article Modeling Hydrodynamics, Materials
Performance of a Multibody Point Absorber with a Damper Plate in Irregular Waves Kumar, S., Vijayasankar, V., Samad, A. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Attenuator Modeling, Test Center Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off
Multifidelity CFD analysis for ducted hydrokinetic turbine design Knight, B., Mohammadi, Y., Urban, D. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Impact of varying turbulent flow conditions on the tidal turbine blade load fatigue Druault, P., Gaurier, B., Germain, G. Journal Article Current Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Structural
Wake momentum recovery of a horizontal axial tidal turbine under turbulence Han, C., Banerjee, A. Journal Article Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance, Power Take Off, Structural
A ternary-dielectric rolling TENG array for robust ocean energy harvesting and distributed environmental monitoring Xi, Z., Du, H., Wang, Y. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber Field Data, Modeling Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Materials, Performance
Fully differentiable boundary element solver for hydrodynamic sensitivity analysis of wave-structure interactions Khanal, K., Ströfer, C., Ancellin, M. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics
Review of recent WEC-Sim (v6.1) advanced features Grasberger, J., Shabara, M., Keester, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Wave power extraction from a U-shaped oscillating water column consisting of a flexible bottom-standing front wall Zheng, S., Zheng, H., Michele, S. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Performance
Theory and validation of the new features in BIEM solver HAMS-MREL Raghavan, V., Metrikine, A., Lavidas, G. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Model Test and Sea Trial of a Multi-Absorber 1 MW Wave Energy Converter Chen, M., Sheng, S., Zhang, Y. Journal Article Wave Field Data, Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
Parametric resonance in wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines: A review Davidson, J., Henriques, J., Galeazzi, R. Journal Article Wave, Point Absorber, Oscillating Water Column Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Performance, Structural, Substructure
Flow-induced vibration of an underwater lazy wave cable in unidirectional current Moideen, R., Venugopal, V., Chaplin, J.R. Journal Article Wave Test Center Hydrodynamics, Mooring
A methodology for CFD simulations of floating structures in waves coupled with mooring dynamics Almeida-Medina, T., Cercos-Pita, J., Gosset, A. Journal Article Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
A virtual real-time hybrid simulation framework to study mooring dynamics of deep-water wave energy converters (WECs) Liu, E., McConnell, A., Bosma, B. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Integrated Offshore Wind and Wave Energy: Dynamic Interactions and Economic Potential of Hybrid Systems Ahmed, A., Haji, M. Conference Paper Wave, Point Absorber Hybrid Devices, Hydrodynamics, Performance
Experimental validation of a linear momentum and bluff-body model for high-blockage cross-flow turbine arrays Hunt, A., Polagye, B., Athair, A. Journal Article Current, Cross Flow Turbine Lab Data Array Effects, Hydrodynamics, Performance, Structural
Development of a Hybrid AI and Physics-Based Processing Framework for Time- and Cost-Efficient Characterization of Remote Tidal Energy Sites Duquette, D., Challa, R., Ravens, T. Conference Paper Current Field Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
A Virtual Instrument Approach for Improved Tidal Turbine Wake Measurement Spence, N., Lam, R., Old, C. Conference Paper Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics
CFD calculations of a hydrokinetic turbine in uniform and sheared inflows Mohammadi, Y., Knight, B. Journal Article Current Modeling Hydrodynamics
Comprehensive Verification and Validation of OpenFAST for Horizontal Axis Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Modeling Kim, D., Neary, V. Presentation Current, Tidal Modeling Hydrodynamics
Generation and interaction of shear inflow turbulence with a scaled horizontal axis tidal turbine Hanzla, M., Banerjee, A. Presentation Current, Tidal Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Performance
Comparison of experimental and BEM heave excitation forces for contrasting float geometries Palmer, S., Kass, S., Rusch, C. Presentation Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data, Modeling Hydrodynamics
Adaptive Blade Control Using Data-Driven Optimization for Ocean Current Turbines: A Hybrid Simulation Framework Atre, A., Roetzer, J., Janke, B. Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
MDOcean: an Open-Source Software for Efficient Simulation and Optimization of WECs McCabe, R., Dietrich, M., Haji, M. Presentation Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Structural
Design and Validation of a Hybrid Model Testing Setup for Scaled Energy Converters in the NREL Wave Tank Riedinger, N., Chamot, S., Ross, H. Presentation Current, Axial Flow Turbine, Tidal Lab Data Hydrodynamics
Impact on power generation and numerical validation of experimentally observed subharmonic motions of a submerged WEC Ali, R., Roach, A., Bosma, B. Presentation Wave, Point Absorber Lab Data Hydrodynamics, Performance
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