Padeletti, D., Costello, Ronan and Ringwood, John (2014) A multi-body algorithm for wave energy converters employing nonlinear joint representation. Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2014.
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Abstract
When large relative displacements take place between the
bodies in a multi-body Wave Energy Conversion system linearisation
of the constraints on motion imposed by the joints
between the bodies is no longer valid and a non-linear timedomain
analysis is necessary. As a part of the Techno-Economic
Optimisation of Wave Energy Conversion (TEOWEC) software,
which has been developed at the Centre for Ocean Energy Research
(COER), NUI Maynooth, we developed an algorithm for
the dynamic simulation of Multi-Body Systems for Wave Energy
Conversion (MBS4WEC) with fully non-linear representation of
the body-to-body joints. The algorithm is based on the Jointcoordinate
formulation, which provides a systematic procedure
to transform the mixed differential-algebraic equations of motion
in body coordinates, for open chain systems, to a minimal
set of ODEs. When a closed-loop chain occurs, the same method
can be adopted by removing one or more kinematic joints from
each loop. Knowing the topology of the system, a path matrix
is generated and together with the formulation of data structures
representing the body-to-body joints, the Velocity Transformation
Matrix is computed. The main advantage of this approach is
a fast and automatic generation of the Velocity Transformation
Matrix, which leads to a higher computational efficiency, especially
for complex systems. This paper presents the equations
underpinning the method together with results for simulation of
two specimen floating multi-body systems. These two are a simple
multi-body hinged barge and a device with a sliding internal
reaction mass. In each case the results are contrasted to the results
produced by a linearised analysis of the same system.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | multi-body algorithm; wave energy converters; nonlinear joint representation; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Centre for Ocean Energy Research |
Item ID: | 6776 |
Depositing User: | Professor John Ringwood |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2016 10:34 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2014 |
Publisher: | ASME |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/6776 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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