Falcão, António F.O.; Henriques, João C.C.; … - In: Renewable Energy 48 (2012) C, pp. 369-381
The paper concerns the hydrodynamic analysis and optimization of an OWC spar buoy, possibly the simplest concept for a floating oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter. It is an axisymmetric device consisting basically of a submerged vertical tail-tube-fixed to an axisymmetric...