Emerson Cavitation Tunnel
The Emerson Cavitation tunnel is a worldwide respected facility, which actively competes in collaborative global projects and contributes to the state-of-the-art in propulsion, water turbine, coating technology, ice research and numerous other niche areas of research.
Services Offered
The cavitation tunnel provides an efficient service to ship owners, shipyards or propeller manufacturers, utilising the knowledge of both academic and technical departmental staff.
The Emerson Cavitation Tunnel which is the only medium sized tunnel within a UK University offering background research and development services for cavitation, noise, propulsion, turbines, coatings and drag related activities. Additionally the tunnel is supported by its own scientific and technical staff, together with mechanical, electrical, electronic and model making technicians of the School of Marine Science and Technology.
The testing capabilities of the Emerson Cavitation Tunnel are:
- Model Test Programmes
- Numerical Analysis
- Full-scale Trials
- Resistance and propulsion analysis
- Cavitation and performance analysis of propulsors
- Performance monitoring
- Tidal/current turbine blade design
- B-spline representation of propeller surfaces
- Deep Vee catamran design
- Incline keels applied to cargo vessels
- Antifouling paint technology
- Flow Visualization
- Wave/Structure Interaction
Further information:
- Contact: Professor Mehmet Atlar, Director
- E-mail: mehmet.atlar@newcastle.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8977/5067
- Website: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/cavitation