The combined Wind, Wave, and Current Tank is one of only a handful of such facilities in the world. Its design allows for use with any, or all, of the components with equal emphasis.

The Wind, Wave, and Current Tank was designed with small scale model testing for renewable energy devices in mind. However, it is also suitable for standard resistance, seakeeping and wind loading experiments.

Testing capabilities

The wind, wave, and current tank is capable of testing:

• wind loading on wet and dry structures
• resistance measurements
• seakeeping tests
• combined wind/wave/current interaction
• flow visualisation experiments

Specification

• Flume length: 11 m
• 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 - 0.12m (period dependent)