Abstract
This study demonstrates a systematic methodology for establishing the design loads of a wave energy converter. The proposed design load methodology incorporates existing design guidelines, where they exist, and follows a typical design progression; namely, advancing from many, quick, order-of-magnitude accurate, conceptual stage design computations to a few, computationally intensive, high-fidelity, design validation simulations. The goal of the study is to streamline and document this process based on quantitative evaluations of the design loads' accuracy at each design step and consideration for the computational efficiency of the entire design process. For the wave energy converter, loads, and site conditions considered, this study demonstrates an efficient and accurate methodology of evaluating the design loads.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
Event | ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering - Madrid, Spain Duration: 17 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018 |
Conference
Conference | ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering |
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City | Madrid, Spain |
Period | 17/06/18 → 22/06/18 |
Bibliographical note
See NREL/CP-5000-71213 for preprintNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5000-72833
Keywords
- design loads
- extreme condition modeling
- wave energy converters