Introducing non-rigid body structural dynamics to WEC-Sim

This paper describes the development of a structural dynamics add-on to WEC-Sim, an open-source code dedicated to the dynamic analysis of Wave Energy Converters (WECs). When calculating the dynamic response of a body, WEC-Sim by default uses a rigid body dynamics approach. Such an approach ignores...

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Main Authors: Joshua Scriven, P. Laporte-Weywada, J. Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 2020-09-01
Series:International Marine Energy Journal
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Online Access:http://marineenergyjournal.org/imej/article/view/53