Speaker: Professor David Ingram, Institute for Energy Systems, The University of Edinburgh
Title: The development and construction of the worlds first, circular, combined current and wave test basin
Time: 4/10 2:20 pm
Place: 海洋所二樓大講堂
Abstract:
The University of Edinburgh have recently completed the construction of a 25 m diameter wave and current basin which is able to produce currents and waves in any relative direction. This unique basin has a test section which is 2 m deep and is designed to generate 2 s period waves with an amplitude of 700 mm and currents of 0.8 m/s from any direction. The basin has been specifically designed for marine energy projects and is capable of testing small arrays of wave energy converters and tidal turbines and can simulate the entire tidal ellipse and wave climate at a deployment location without the need to move the model. There are some significant design challenges in creating plane waves in a circular basin and combining currents with force-feedback wave makers and these issues, and their solutions will be discussed.
Speaker: Professor David Ingram, Institute for Energy Systems, The University of Edinburgh
Title: The development and construction of the worlds first, circular, combined current and wave test basin
Time: 4/10 2:20 pm
Place: 2nd floor large lecture hall of IONTU
Abstract:
The University of Edinburgh have recently completed the construction of a 25 m diameter wave and current basin which is able to produce currents and waves in any relative direction. This unique basin has a test section which is 2 m deep and is designed to generate 2 s period waves with an amplitude of 700 mm and currents of 0.8 m/s from any direction. The basin has been specifically designed for marine energy projects and is capable of testing small arrays of wave energy converters and tidal turbines and can simulate the entire tidal ellipse and wave climate at a deployment location without the need to move the model. There are some significant design challenges in creating plane waves in a circular basin and combining currents with force-feedback wave makers and these issues, and their solutions will be discussed.
