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Completed in 2008, the Aberdeen Open-Channel Facility consists of three components: a 23m long open channel flume; a motorized instrumental carriage; and a unique modular Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system. The combination of these three components form a world-class facility for studying smooth- and rough-bed hydrodynamics, sediment transport processes, flow-biota interactions and other aspects of fluvial and eco-hydraulics.
The towing channel was developed in 2002 to facilitate research projects focused on the interaction between moving objects and the seabed. This includes a wide range of applications such as the effect of trawling gear components on the seabed; pipeline–seabed interactions or iceberg keel scouring. The facility consists of a sand channel 4.8m long, 0.8m wide and 0.3 m deep and a trolley, able to move at a controlled velocity ranging from 0.01m/s to 0.2m/s. The trolley is moved along two rails placed on the top of the sand channel by a pulley and wire system driven by an electric motor.
The towing channel was developed in 2002 to facilitate research projects focused on the interaction between moving objects and the seabed. This includes a wide range of applications such as the effect of trawling gear components on the seabed; pipeline–seabed interactions or iceberg keel scouring. The facility consists of a sand channel 4.8m long, 0.8m wide and 0.3 m deep and a trolley, able to move at a controlled velocity ranging from 0.01m/s to 0.2m/s. The trolley is moved along two rails placed on the top of the sand channel by a pulley and wire system driven by an electric motor.
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