TY - JOUR
TI - A Tool for Simulating Collision Probabilities of Animals with Marine Renewable Energy Devices
AU - Schmitt, P
AU - Culloch, R
AU - Lieber, L
AU - Molander, S
AU - Hammar, L
AU - Kregting, L
T2 - Plos One
AB - The mathematical problem of establishing a collision probability distribution is often not trivial. The shape and motion of the animal as well as of the device must be evaluated in a four-dimensional space (3D motion over time). Earlier work on wind and tidal turbines was limited to a simplified two-dimensional representation, which cannot be applied to many new structures. We present a numerical algorithm to obtain such probability distributions using transient, three-dimensional numerical simulations. The method is demonstrated using a sub-surface tidal kite as an example. Necessary pre- and post-processing of the data created by the model is explained, numerical details and potential issues and limitations in the application of resulting probability distributions are highlighted.
DA - 2017/11//
PY - 2017
VL - 12
IS - 11
SP - e0188780
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188780
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0188780
LA - English
KW - Tidal
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Collision
ER -