Hydrodynamics Laboratory – Wind Wave Current (WWC) Tank
The combined Wind Wave Current Tank is one of only a handful of such facilities in the world, and was designed for use with any, or all, of the components with equal emphasis.
The Wind Wave Current Tank was designed with small scale model testing for renewable energy devices in mind. However, it is also suitable for standard resistance, sea keeping and wind loading tests experiments.
Testing Capabilities:
- Wind loading on wet and dry structures
- Resistance measurements
- Seakeeping tests
- Combined wind/wave/current interaction
- Flow visualisation experiments
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Specification:
| Flume length | 11 m |  |
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| Width | 1.8 m | ||
| Normal water depth | 1 m | ||
| Air clearance | 1 m | ||
| Central measurement section | 3 m | ||
| Maximum water velocity | 1 m/s | ||
| Maximum wind velocity | 20 m/s | ||
Wave capability: Spectra Pierson-Moskowitz JONSWAP Bretschneider Neumann Period range 0.8 - 4sec Wave height 0.02 - 0.2m (period dependent) |
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Contact:For further information, contact: E-mail: peter.bowes@ncl.ac.uk |
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