One method of producing energy is to use a tapered channel (TAPCHAN), which diverts sea water into a reservoir as shown in the figure. As a wave approaches the shore through the closed tapered channel at A, its height will begin to increase until it begins to spill over the sides and into the reservoir. The water in the reservoir then passes through a turbine in the building at C to generate power and is returned to the sea at D. If the speed of the water at A is VA = 2.5 m/s, and the water depth is h4 = 3.4 m. Assume the fluid is an ideal fluid, that is, incompressible and frictionless. (Figure 1)

One method of producing energy is to use a tapered channel (TAPCHAN), which diverts sea water into a reservoir as shown in the figure. As a wave approaches the shore through the closed tapered channel at A, its height will begin to increase until it begins to spill over the sides and into the reservoir. The water in the reservoir then passes through a turbine in the building at C to generate power and is returned to the sea at D. If the speed of the water at A is VA = 2.5 m/s, and the water depth is h4 = 3.4 m. Assume the fluid is an ideal fluid, that is, incompressible and frictionless. (Figure 1)

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