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Publications
Kamarlouei, M., Hallak, T.S., Gaspar, J.F. and Guedes Soares, C. (2021), “Evaluation of the negative stiffness mechanism on the performance of a hinged wave energy converter”, 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2021), 21-30 June, Virtual, Online, Paper: OMAE2021-63748.
This paper presents the numerical and experimental study of a new spring mechanism adapted to a cone-shaped point absorber wave energy converter (WEC). The WEC is intended to be hinged to a floating wind platform with a long arm to create a combined wind and wave harvesting concept. The main objective of the spring mechanism is to improve the platform restoring moments against the wind thrust forces, generated by the wind turbine, while contributing to the wave energy harvesting. However, the study is presented for the case where the WEC dynamics is investigated outside the platform and attached to a fixed frame, in order to validate the mathematical model of the WEC concept. Moreover, the impact on the power harvesting performance is investigated with and without negative springs in this scenario.
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