Abstract: Fluid viscosity is known to influence hydrodynamic forces on a floating body in motion, particularly when the motion amplitude is large and the body is of bluff shape. While traditionally these hydrodynamic force or force ...

Abstract: The performance of an asymmetrical rolling cam as an oceanwave energy extractor was studied experimentally and theoretically in the 70s. Previous inviscidfluid theory indicated that energyabsorbing efficiency could approach ...

Abstract: The prediction of roll motion of a ship with bilge keels is particularly difficult because of the nonlinear characteristics of the viscous roll damping. Flow separation and vortex shedding caused by bilge keels significantly ...

Abstract: The offshore wind industry is undergoing a rapid development due to its advantage over the onshore wind farm. The vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is deemed to be potential in offshore wind energy utilization. A design ...