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Investigating a power-obsorber wave energy converter. / Rahmati, M.T.; Mccabe, A.P.; Aggidis, G.A. et al.
ASME 2008 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008. p. 699-705.

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Rahmati, MT, Mccabe, AP, Aggidis, GA & Chaplin, RV 2008, Investigating a power-obsorber wave energy converter. in ASME 2008 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), pp. 699-705, Proceedings of POWER 2008, ASME International Power 2008 Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 22/07/08. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2008-60119

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Rahmati, M. T., Mccabe, A. P., Aggidis, G. A., & Chaplin, R. V. (2008). Investigating a power-obsorber wave energy converter. In ASME 2008 Power Conference (pp. 699-705). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2008-60119

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Rahmati MT, Mccabe AP, Aggidis GA, Chaplin RV. Investigating a power-obsorber wave energy converter. In ASME 2008 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2008. p. 699-705 doi: 10.1115/POWER2008-60119

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Rahmati, M.T. ; Mccabe, A.P. ; Aggidis, G.A. et al. / Investigating a power-obsorber wave energy converter. ASME 2008 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008. pp. 699-705

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