Contact Email:
naome@strath.ac.uk
Description:
The Kelvin Hydrodynamics Lab tank provides excellent conditions for measuring the performance of surface ships and a wide variety of floating and underwater structures. Using this facility we can determine the seakeeping performance of floating wind turbine platforms (with or without aerodynamic loads), wave energy converter power extraction efficiency and floating structure’s survivability under extreme loading conditions. With self-propulsion dynamometer and the carriage, we can examine propulsion and resistance characteristics of ships. It is also ideal for large scale Under Water Vehicle tests.
The facility could provide repeatable and controllable conditions for testing of wind, wave and tidal energy devices on a moderate scale (1:50th to 1:25th scale depending on application).
The tank could be used for a wide range of marine hydrodynamics tests including measurement of:
ship resistance and sea-keeping
unsteady motion of ships and floating bodies
survivability of damaged ships
hydrodynamics of towed surface-piercing and submerged bodies
ocean engineering studies including vortex-induced vibration and vortex-induced motion
wave impact and slamming studies
marine renewable energy studies including device performance, maintainability and survivability
sporting fluid dynamics
Tank dimensions: 76m x 4.6m x 2.5m
Wave maker:
variable-water-depth computer-controlled four-flap absorbing wavemaker generating regular or irregular waves over 0.5m height (subject to water depth)
high quality variable-water-depth sloping beach, with reflection coefficient typically less than 5% over frequency range of interest