@techreport{ead3371b692f40ee967232137bf1b4bc,
title = "Optimising Buoy Design for Wave Energy Harvesting using the WITT Device",
abstract = "This work considers the design of a wave energy converter employing the WITT device: a machine that is able to convert motion in all 6 degrees of freedom into electrical power. Various designs for housing the WITT device inside a buoy are investigated with the aim of converting the forcing from low-frequency ocean waves to a higher-frequency motion that the WITT generates power most effectively at. By modelling the rigid-body motion of a buoy in response to a provided ocean wave forcing and the dynamics of the internal mechanisms within the buoy, we explore how nonlinear oscillation dynamics may achieve the desired frequency amplification.",
author = "Gabriel Cairns and Nicholas Ryan and Alexander, {John Paul} and Graeme Hocking and Brady Metherall and Hilary Ockendon and John Ockendon and Bernard Piette and Niall Rodgers and Sangeetha Sampath and Whittaker, {Robert J.}",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "2",
doi = "10.33774/miir-2024-jr8sm",
language = "English",
series = "Mathematics in Industry Reports",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
address = "United Kingdom",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Cambridge University Press",
}