TY - BOOK ID - 77900466 TI - Ocean waves and oscillating systems : linear interactions including wave-energy extraction PY - 2002 SN - 1107120594 9786612389146 0511642962 1282389149 0511019327 0511157185 0511557043 1601197756 0511754639 0511046189 9780511019326 9781601197757 0521782112 9780521782111 9780511754630 9780511046186 9780511157189 9780511557040 9780521017497 0521017491 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Ocean waves. KW - Ocean wave power. KW - Power, Ocean wave KW - Wave power, Ocean KW - Ocean energy resources KW - Water-power KW - Breakers KW - Sea waves KW - Surf KW - Swell KW - Oceanography KW - Water waves UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900466 AB - This 2002 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 -