Technical Papers

  • VIVACE (Vortex Induced Vibration Aquatic Clean Energy): A NEW CONCEPT IN GENERATION OF CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM FLUID FLOW
  • M.M. Bernitsas, K. Raghavan, Y. Ben-Simon, E. M. H. Garcia, “VIVACE (Vortex Induced Vibration Aquatic Clean Energy): A New Concept in Generation of Clean and Renewable Energy from Fluid Flow”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, in press; also invited paper, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE ’06), Paper #92645, Hamburg, Germany, June 4-9, 2006.

  • THE VIVACE CONVERTER: MODEL TESTS AT HIGH DAMPING AND REYNOLDS NUMBER AROUND 10^5
  • M.M. Bernitsas, Y. Ben-Simon, K. Raghavan, E. M. H. Garcia, “The VIVACE Converter: Model Tests at Reynolds Numbers Around 10^5″, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, in press; also invited paper, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE ’06), Paper #92652, Hamburg, Germany, June 4-9, 2006.

  • VIVACE: A New Concept for Harnessing Hydrokinetic Energy
  • CITRIS and Ocean Engineering Seminar PRESENTATION - University of California, Berkeley

  • Reynolds Number Effect on Vortex Induced Vibrations
  • Raghavan, K., Bernitsas, M. M., and Maroulis, D., (2007), “Effect of Reynolds Number on Vortex Induced Vibrations,” IUTAM Symposium, Hamburg, Germany. (Invited Paper)

  • VIVACE Technology Progress & Path Forward
  • U.S. Department of Energy

  • EFFECT OF BOTTOM BOUNDARY ON VIV FOR ENERGY HARNESSING AT 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5
  • Raghavan, K., Bernitsas, M. M., and Maroulis, D., (2007b), “Effect of Bottom Boundary on VIV for Energy Harnessing at 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5″, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, submitted; also invited paper, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE ’07), Paper #29727, San Diego, California, June 10-15, 2007.

  • EFFECT OF FEE SURFACE ON VIV FOR ENERGY HARNESSING AT 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5
  • Bernitsas, M. M., Raghavan, K., and Maroulis, D., (2007a), “Effect of Free Surface on VIV for Energy Harnessing at 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5″, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, submitted; also invited paper, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE ’07), Paper #29726, San Diego, California, June 10-15, 2007.

  • INDUCED SEPARATION AND VORTICITY USING ROUGHNESS IN VIV OF CIRUCLAR CYLINDERS AT 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5
  • Bernitsas, M. M., Raghavan, K., and Duchene, G., (2007), “Induced Separation and Vorticity Using Roughness in VIV of Circular Cylinders at 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5,” OMAE2008 – June 15-20, 2008, Estoril, Portugal.

  • ENHANCEMENT OF HIGH DAMPING VIV THROUGH ROUGHNESS DISTRIBUTION FOR ENERGY HARNESSING AT 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5
  • Raghavan, K., and Bernitsas, M. M., (2007), “Enhancement of High Damping Viv through Roughness Distribution for Energy Harnessing at 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5,” OMAE2008 – June 15-20, 2008, Estoril, Portugal.

  • REDUCTION / SUPPRESSION OF VIV OF CIRUCLAR CYLINDERS THROUGH ROUGHNESS DISTRIBUTION AT 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5
  • Bernitsas, M. M., and Raghavan, K., (2007), “Reduction/Suppression of VIV of Circular Cylinders through Roughness Distribution at 8×10^3 < Re < 1.5×10^5,” OMAE2008 – June 15-20, 2008, Estoril, Portugal.