- Room 3rd Floor, Marine Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- james.allen@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Mr James Allen
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
PhD Student
Qualifications
MSc Marine Renewable Energy - University of Plymouth (2013-2014)
BSc Physics with Astrophysics - University of Exeter (2008-2012)
Research interests
WAVEIMPACT - Characterisation of WEC array interaction with the wave field and component WECs using laboratory tests to validate a numerical model.
- Wave Renewable Energy
- WaveCat WEC
- Overtopping WECs
- Wave Energy Converter Arrays
- Numerical Modelling
- STAR-CCM+
- SPH
- WAMIT
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Allen, J., Sampanis, K., Wan, J., Greaves, D., Miles, J., & Iglesias, G. (2016). Laboratory tests in the development of WaveCat. Sustainability (Switzerland), 8(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/su8121339
Bergillos, R. J., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Allen, J., & Iglesias, G. (2019). Wave energy converter geometry for coastal flooding mitigation. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.022
Bergillos, R. J., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Allen, J., & Iglesias, G. (2019). Wave energy converter configuration in dual wave farms. Ocean Engineering, 178, 204–214. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.03.001
Articles
2019 'Wave energy converter geometry for coastal flooding mitigation' Science of The Total Environment 668, 1232-1241 , DOI
2016 'Laboratory Tests in the Development of WaveCat' Sustainability 8, (12) 1339-1339 , DOI Open access
Conference Papers
Allen, J., Sampanis, K., Wan, J., Miles, J., Greaves, D., & Iglesias, G. (2017). Laboratory tests and numerical modelling in the development of WaveCat. In Proceedings of the Twelfth European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference.
'Laboratory tests and numerical modelling in the development of WaveCat' in Lewis A EWTEC 818\hyphen 1-818\hyphen 10 Open access