Fundamental Research on Absorbing Energy from Ocean Waves (5 th report)

5 th Annual Doctoral Research Conference

On Th and time-dependent fundamental constants

E. Litvinova1, H. Feldmeier1, J. Dobaczewski2,3, and V. Flambaum4 1GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; 2Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Poland; 3Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35 (YFL), FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland; 4School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 20...

THE EU RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ON PARTITIONING AND TRANSMUTATION : FROM THE 4 TH TO THE 5 TH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Michel

The European Commission is partly supporting research work on partitioning and transmutation of radioactive waste under the Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998). This work includes nine research projects. Five strategy studies are evaluating the capabilities of various burners and fuel cycles to limit the production and even destroy the stock of actinides (plutonium and minor actinides). Two ...

Characterizing Dangerous Waves for Ocean Wave Energy Converter Survivability

Ocean Wave Energy Converters (OWECs) operating on the water surface are subject to storms and other extreme events. In particular, high and steep waves, especially breaking waves, are likely the most dangerous to OWECs. A method for quantifying the breaking severity of waves is presented and applied to wave data from Coastal Data Information Program station 139. The data are wave height and len...

Direct measurement of ocean waves velocity field from a single SPOT-5 dataset