Innovative Wave-Absorbing Structures

Project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 842967

The InWAS project objectives consisted in revisiting design optimisation for two archetypal wave energy converter (WEC) principles: (a) in heaving point absorbers (HPAs), which are mechanical structures operating in heave, non-cylindrical hull geometries would be investigated, which may allow for optimal power absorption using smaller control actuation, hence at reduced capital cost; (b) in oscillating wave surge converters (OWSCs), which exploit the horizontal wave-induced fluid motion in nearshore zones, flexible, bio-inspired structures would be developed, which can improve survivability, and have excellent potential in terms of protection against coastal erosion, as previously pioneered at PMMH.

Project lead: Alexis Mérigaud (MSCA Postdoc)
Supervision: Ramiro Godoy-Diana & Benjamin Thiria
Host lab: PMMH, UMR7636
CNRS, ESPCI Paris–PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité

Publications

Modelling the far-field effect of drag-induced dissipation in wave-structure interaction: A numerical and experimental study
A. Mérigaud, B. Thiria, R. Godoy-Diana, G. Perret
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 987, A24 (2024).
doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.298

Geometrical framework for hydrodynamics and control of wave energy converters
A. Mérigaud, B. Thiria, & R. Godoy-Diana
PRX Energy 2, 023003 (2023)
doi: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.2.023003

A wide-spacing approximation model for the reflection and transmission of water waves over an array of vertical obstacles
A. Mérigaud, B. Thiria & R. Godoy-Diana
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 923, A2 (2021)
doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.532

Conference Proceedings

Ocean wave transmission, reflection and absorption by rows of vertical structures along the coastline
A. Mérigaud, B. Thiria & R. Godoy-Diana
In Proceedings of the 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 5-9th Sept 2021, Plymouth, UK.
preprint: arXiv:2111.14816

On the interaction of surface water waves and fully-submerged elastic plates
G. Polly, A. Mérigaud, R. Alhage, B. Thiria & R. Godoy-Diana
In Proceedings of the 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, 5-9th Sept 2021, Plymouth, UK.
preprint: arXiv:2111.03018