Publications
Much of our work is applied research and development. These publications come from our team’s work in academia and industry, mostly on wave mechanics, wave energy, tidal energy and offshore engineering.
- Reich A, Payne G, Pascal R and Spinneken J, Investigation into wave basin calibration based on a focused wave approach, Ocean Engineering, Vol 152, pp 181-190
- Latheef M, Swan C and Spinneken J, A laboratory study of nonlinear changes in the directionality of extreme seas, Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol 473
- Bruggemann M, Floating body hydrodynamics: A load driven approach, PhD Thesis, Imperial College London
- Abolghasemi MA, Piggott MD, Spinneken J, Viré A, Cotter CJ, Crammond S, Simulating tidal turbines with multi-scale mesh optimisation techniques, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol 66, pp 69-90
- Rodriguez M, Spinneken J, A laboratory study on the loading and motion of a heaving box, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol 64, pp 107-126
- Rodriguez M, Spinneken J, Swan C, Nonlinear loading of a two-dimensional heaving box, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol 60, pp 80-96
- Aknin D and Spinneken J, A laboratory investigation concerning the superharmonic free wave suppression in shallow and intermediate water conditions, Coastal Engineering, Vol 120, pp 112-132
- Viré A, Spinneken J, Piggott MD, Pain CC, Kramer SC, Application of the immersed-body method to simulate wave-structure interactions, European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, Vol 55, pp 330-339
- Heller V, Bruggemann M, Spinneken J, Rogers BD, Composite modelling of subaerial landslide-tsunamis in different water body geometries and novel insight into slide and wave kinematics, Coastal Engineering, Vol 109, pp 20-41
- Zve ES, Spinneken J, Towards long random sea simulations in numerical wave tanks, Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
- Deskos G, Spinneken J and Piggott M, Impact of the free surface proximity on the performance of a single tidal stream turbine: A vortex filament approach, Proceedings of the Oxford Tidal Energy Workshop
- Heller V, Spinneken J, On the effect of the water body geometry on landslide-tsunamis: Physical insight from laboratory tests and 2D to 3D wave parameter transformation, Coastal Engineering, Vol 104, pp 113-134
- Abolghasemi M, Piggott MD, Spinneken J, Viré A, Cotter CJ, Crammond S, Simulating tidal turbines with mesh optimisation and RANS turbulence models, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
- Ortiz de Lanzagorta Gonzalez J, Design and wind load analysis of high voltage direct current (HVDC) platforms for offshore wind, MSc Thesis, Imperial College London
- Spinneken J, Christou M, Swan C, Force-controlled absorption in a fully-nonlinear numerical wave tank, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 272, pp 127-148
- Viré A, Spinneken J, Piggott MD, Pain CC, Kramer SC, Modelling of waves and wave-structure interactions using non-linear numerical models, 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, pp 2138-2148
- Heller V, Spinneken J, Improved landslide-tsunami prediction: Effects of block model parameters and slide model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol 118, pp 1489-1507 (2013)
- Rodriguez M, Spinneken J, A study on the interactions of nonlinear surface waves with fixed semi-submerged bodies, Proceedings of the Twenty-third International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp 539-547 (2013)
- Viré A, Xiang J, Piggott M, Spinneken J, Pain C, Numerical modelling of fluid-structure interactions for floating wind turbine foundations, Proceedings of the Twenty-third International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp 377-382 (2013)
- Spinneken J, Swan C, The operation of a 3D wave basin in force control, Ocean Engineering, Vol 55, pp 88-100
- Folley M, Babarit A, Child B, Forehand D, O’Boyle L, Silverthorne K, Spinneken J, Stratigaki V, Troch P, A review of numerical modelling of wave energy converter arrays, pp 535-546
- Heller V, Spinneken J, Optimising landslide-tsunami prediction based on physical model tests, 2nd IAHR Europe Congress
- Spinneken J, Swan C, Theoretical transfer function for force-controlled wave machines, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol 21, pp 169-177 (2011)
- Tan W, Simulation and experimental validation of irregular wave absorption in the laboratory, MEng Thesis, Imperial College London
- Spinneken J, Wave generation and absorption using force-feedback control, PhD Thesis, Imperial College London
- Spinneken J and Swan C, Theoretical transfer function of force-controlled wave machines, Proceedings of the Twentieth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp 409-417
- Spinneken J, Swan C, The operation of force-controlled absorbing wave machines, Proceedings of the 29th American Towing Tank Conference, pp 85-94
- Rogers D, Jason I, Spinneken J, A new look at wave synthesis using multiple wave fronts, Proceedings of the 29th American Towing Tank Conference, pp 51-58
- Spinneken J and Swan C, Second-order wave maker theory using force-feedback control. Part I: A new theory for regular wave generation, Ocean Engineering, Vol 36, pp 539-548
- Spinneken J and Swan C, Second-order wave maker theory using force-feedback control. Part II: An experimental verification of regular wave generation, Ocean Engineering, Vol 36, pp 549-555
- Spinneken J and Swan C, Wave generation and absorption using force-controlled wave machines, Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp 397-405
- Payne G, Richon J, Ingram D and Spinneken J, Development and preliminary assessment of an optical wave gauge, Proceedings of the Eighth European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
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