Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics of an Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC) Harvester: A Frequency Domain Approach
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This paper deals with the problem of examining the nonlinear dynamic of a U-Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC) Wave Energy Converter. The U-OWC dynamic response is governed by a set of non-linear differential equations. In the paper, an approximate linear solution is sought by using the technique of statistical linearization. The linearization scheme is implemented by identifying a surrogate linear system equivalent to the nonlinear one in a mean-square sense. In this context, frequency-domain analyses of the U-OWC response are readily implemented via standard linear input-output relationship. Comparisons between the nonlinear response computed via numerical simulations and by the approximate one assess the reliability of the method. The proposed approach is applied to a small-scale U-OWC model installed in the Natural Engineering Laboratory (NOEL) in Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Spanos, Pol D., Strati, Federica M., Malara, Giovanni, et al.. "Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics of an Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC) Harvester: A Frequency Domain Approach." Meccanica dei Materiali e delle Strutture, VI, no. 1 (2016) Universita Degli Studi Di Palermo: 203-210. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/94016.