Wave energy converters

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Wave energy converters

Judicael Aubry, Hamid Ben Ahmed, Bernard Multon, Aurélien Babarit, Alain Clément

To cite this version:

Judicael Aubry, Hamid Ben Ahmed, Bernard Multon, Aurélien Babarit, Alain Clément.

Wave energy converters. Bernard Multon. Marine renewable energy handbook, 2011,

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