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Hydrodynamics and performance analyses of a Point Absorber WEC: effect of the wather depth and size of the floater
keywords WAVE ENERGY - HYDRODYNAMICS - NUMERICAL MODELLING
Reference persons GIULIANA MATTIAZZO
External reference persons biagio passione, mauro bonfanti, nicola pozzi
Research Groups 14-Meccatronica e servosistemi
Thesis type NUMERICAL
Description The canditate will perform an depth analysis of the hydrodynamics of a Wave Energy Converter. The device belongs to the Point Absorber category and is constituted by a submerged or semi-submerged cylinder coupled to a linear actuator that extracts power from its motion. The work will focus on the influence of the installation depth of the device and the size of the floater. Numerical tools: ANSYS AQWA (hydrodynamic analysis); Matlab Simulink (power extraction evaluation). The main goal will be to identify a relation between the power performances of the device and its hydrodynamic properties.
Required skills Matlab Simulink, Solidworks
Deadline 24/05/2018
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