Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy. - Pecher, Arthur; Kofoed, Jens Peter (Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017)
9 Experimental Testing and Evaluation of WECs -- 9.1 Overview -- 9.2 Tank Testing -- 9.2.1 Overview -- 9.2.2 Representative Sea States -- 9.2.2.1 Operational Sea States -- 9.2.2.2 Design Sea States -- 9.2.3 Hydrodynamic Response -- 9.2.3.1 Natural Period -- 9.2.3.2 Response Amplitude Operators -- 9.2.4 Power Performance Evaluation -- 9.2.4.1 Introduction -- 9.2.4.2 Power Performance Estimation Based on Sea States -- 9.2.4.3 Power Performance Estimation Based on the Scatter Diagram -- 9.2.4.4 Testing Procedure for Power Performance Analysis -- 9.2.5 Scaling -- 9.2.5.1 Defining the Scaling Ratio -- 9.2.5.2 Scaling Law -- 9.2.5.3 Optimising the Scaling Ratio -- 9.2.6 Structural and Mooring Loads -- 9.2.6.1 Introduction -- 9.2.6.2 Mooring Forces -- 9.2.6.3 Structural Design and PTO Loads -- 9.2.7 Parametric Study -- 9.2.7.1 Physical Alterations to the Model -- 9.2.7.2 Modification of Wave Parameters -- 9.3 Sea Trials -- 9.3.1 Introduction -- 9.3.2 Performance Assessment of WECs Based on Sea Trials -- 9.3.2.1 Introduction -- 9.3.2.2 Preparing the Environmental and Performance Data -- 9.3.2.3 Scaling of the Performance Data -- 9.3.2.4 Categorising the Data -- 9.3.2.5 Complementing the Performance Data -- 9.3.2.6 Estimating the MAEP -- References -- 10 Wave-to-Wire Modelling of WECs -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Wave-to-Wire Models -- 10.2.1 Equation of Motion -- 10.2.2 Excitation Force -- 10.2.3 Hydrostatic Force -- 10.2.4 Mooring Loads -- 10.2.5 Radiation Force -- 10.2.6 PTO Force -- 10.2.7 End Stops Mechanism -- 10.3 Benchmark Analysis -- 10.4 Radiation/Diffraction Codes -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Erratum to: Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy -- Erratum to:&amp -- #6 -- A. Pecher and J.P. Kofoed (eds.), Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy, Ocean Engineering &amp -- Oceanography 7, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39889-1.
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