The Wave Energy Research Team has published/collaborated in around 70 research papers published in reputable Journals and International conferences since 1998 including the following:
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Modeling
and scaling of the impulse turbine for wave power applications
Authors: Ajit
Thakker and Fergal Hourigan Journal: Journal of Renewable
Energy, Volume 29, Issue
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Computed
effects of tip clearance on performance of impulse turbine for wave energy
conversion
Authors: A. Thakker and T. S. Dhanasekaran Journal: Journal of Renewable
Energy, Volume
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Application of numerical simulation method to predict the performance of wave energy device with impulse turbine. Authors: A. Thakker, T. S. Dhanasekaran, H. Khaleeq, Z. Usmani, A. Ansari, M. Takao, T. Setoguchi Journal: Journal of Thermal Science, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 38–43, 2003. |
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3-D
computational fluid dynamic analysis of effect of tip clearance on the
performance of impulse turbine for wave energy conversion. Authors: A. Thakker, T. S. Dhanasekaran, M. Takao and T. Setoguchi Journal: International Journal of Computational Engineering Science (In print). |
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Effect of compressibility on performance of wave energy conversion device with impulse turbine using numerical simulation technique. Authors: A. Thakker, T. S. Dhanasekaran, M. Takao and T. Setoguchi Journal: International Journal of Rotating Machinery, Volume 9, Pages 1–8, 2003. |
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Analysis of Impulse Turbine Blades
Authors: Thakker, A., Khaleeq, H. B., Hourigan, F. and Jarvis, J. Publication of research paper in the 11th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2001), June 17-22, 2001, Stavanger, Norway |
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Effect of Blade
Sweep on the Performance of Wells Turbine
Authors: Kim, T. H., Setoguchi, T., Kaneko, K., Thakker, A. and Bajeet, E. S. |
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Design Study of
Terminator BBDB (Backward Bend Duct Buoy) for North Atlantic Ocean
Authors: Masuda, Y., Kuboki, T., Setoguchi, T., Xianguang, L., Thakker, A. and Lewis, A. W. |
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| Air Turbine
using Self-Pitch Controlled Blades for Wave Energy Conversion
Authors: Kim, T. H., Setoguchi, T., Kaneko, K., Takao, M., Thakker, A. and Bajeet, E. S. |
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| The Concurrent Engineering Approach to the
Manufacture of Impulse Turbine Blades using Rapid Prototyping.
Authors: Thakker, A. Sheahan, C., Frawley, P. and Khaleeq, H. B. the Rapid Prototyping Journal, Trans. of the Rapid Prototyping Association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Michigan, USA, Third Quarter 2001, v7, n3, p1-5 |
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| Performance of a High Solidity
Wells Turbine for an OWC Power Plant.
Authors: Gato, L. M. C., Warfield, V. and Thakker, A. Publication of research paper in the Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Trans of ASME, v 118, n4 p 263 –268, 1996.
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| A 2D CFD study of symmetrical Aerofoils
Part II : Cascade
Flow.
Authors: Thakker, A., Frawley, P., Daly, J. and Abughalia, Y. Publication of research paper in the 10th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE 2000), May 28 - June 2, 2000, Seattle, USA |
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Heave and Pitch Buoy
- A Miniature Wave Energy Converter
Authors: Watabe, T., Yokouchi, H., Gunawardane, S.D.G.S.P., and Thakker, A. Publication of research paper in the 12th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference ( ISOPE 2002 )May 26-31, 2001, Kitakyushu, Japan. |
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Design analysis of 0.6m Impulse
Turbines with Fixed Guide Vanes for Wave Energy Power Conversion
Author: Khaleeq, H. B. Publication of research paper in the 4th Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium and Postgraduate Workshop, 6-7 December, 2000, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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