Physical Models

The research center has a covered area of 3000 m2 and an open area of 1000 m2 for education and research. It possesses appropriate facilities for model studies on various coastal problems with regular and irregular waves. In the laboratory there are two model basins and two wave flumes for 2D and 3D model experiments for wave agitation in harbors, stability of coastal structures, and sedimentation problems. The Wave Flume 1, equipped with an irregular piston type wave generator, is 6.2 m. wide and, 22.3 m. long and 0.7 m. deep. The Wave Flume 2, equipped with a flap-type regular wave generator, is 0.3 m. wide and, 9.7 m. long and 0.5 m deep. The basins are 33.1 m. long, 19.5 m. wide, 0.45 m. deep (Basin 1), and 26.6 m. long, 16.1 m. wide and 0.45 m. deep (Basin 2).

Experimental Equipment:

Wave basins and flumes in various dimensions equipped with regular/irregular wave generators, wave gauges, pressure transducers, acoustic Doppler velocimeter, laser meter and scanner, dynamometer, underwater video cameras.