TY - BOOK ID - 11111344 TI - Ocean waves and oscillating systems : linear interactions including wave-energy extraction. PY - 2002 SN - 0521782112 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University press DB - UniCat KW - 551.466 KW - 551.466 Sea waves and tides KW - Sea waves and tides KW - Ocean wave power. KW - Ocean waves. KW - Ocean wave power KW - Ocean waves KW - Breakers KW - Sea waves KW - Surf KW - Swell KW - Oceanography KW - Water waves KW - Power, Ocean wave KW - Wave power, Ocean KW - Ocean energy resources KW - Water-power UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11111344 AB - This book examines the interaction between ocean waves and oscillating systems. With a focus on linear analysis of low-amplitude waves, the text is designed to convey a thorough understanding of wave interactions. Topics covered include the background mathematics of oscillations, gravity waves on water, the dynamics of wave-body interactions, and the absorption of wave energy by oscillating bodies. Linear algebra, complex numbers, differential equations, and Fourier transformation are utilized as bases for the analysis, and each chapter ends with problems. While the book's focus is on linear theory, the practical application of energy storage and transport is interwoven throughout. This book will be appropriate for those with backgrounds in elementary fluid dynamics or hydrodynamics and mathematical analysis. Graduate students and researchers will find it an excellent source of wave energy theory and application. ER -