
Research in HYDRALAB Facilities
Transnational Access is traditionally a very important component in HYDRALAB. It offers research groups, that normally do not have access to unique or rare experimental facilities, the opportunity to carry out their research in selected facilities at different institutes across Europe. State-of-the-art measuring instruments, data-acquisition and processing systems are at their disposal, as well as modern support facilities. Coordination in research activities is also achieved through the Joint Research Activities. These HYDRALAB activities focus on the development of instrumentation facilities beyond the present state-of-the-art.
Below you find the results of several of the projects that have been carried out under our Transnational Access program. We have identified the following areas of hydraulic research topics:
- Experimental investigation of the impact of macroalgal mats on intertidal sediment stability and flow dynamics in differing hydrodynamic conditions associated with tidal rise and fall
- Hydrodynamic Drag Measurements of Riparian Woodland Trees and Shrubs
- Quantifying the influence of plant traits and patchiness on self-organized coastal landscape formation via bio-physical interactions
- RIver – VEgetation interactions and Reproduction of Island Nuclei formation and Evolution - RIVERINE
- Role of genotypic and phenotypic (allelopathy) diversity of harmful algal blooms (HABs): case of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
- Standing acoustic field testing
- The effect of interactions between iron and three different DOMs on the coastal phytoplankton community in a marine mesocosm.
- Water column stratification, phytoplankton diversity and consequences for resource use and productivity
- Wave propagation over Posidonia Oceanica
- Flow separation in sharp meander bends
- Hydrodynamics and Pollutant Dispersion by Longshore Currents
- Investigation into the physical relationships between water-worked gravel be armours and turbulent in-channel flow patterns
- Characterising ‘Zonostrophic flow’ in b-plane Geostrophic Turbulence
- Dynamics of planetary polar vortices: Barotropic instability and quasi-stable modes
- Effect of rotation on internal solitary waves
- Effect of rotation on massively separated turbulent flow
- Evolution of coherent modes in the dynamics of planetary polar vortices
- Experiments investigating effects of bottom topography on gravity-driven surface currents simulating fresh water river discharges into the ocean.
- Experiments on vertical motions of rotating flows over variable topography
- Generation of interfacial solitons by internal-wave beams
- Investigation of vertical eddy fluxes under stable conditions in the surface boundary layer
- Island wakes
- Laboratory Simulation of Western Boundary Currents Over Shelf Topography and of Their Extensions
- Modelling Antarctic Flows
- Near-Critical Orographic Forcing Of Stratified Flow
- Nonlinear transfer of internal-tide energy and the effect of rotation: an experimental study on bottom reflection, subharmonic resonance, and scattering at a thermocline.
- Planetary waves over a linearly sloping bottom with rotation
- The Behaviour of Dense Gravity Currents in a Rotating Channel
- Barrier Dynamics Experiments (BARDEX)
- Dune overwash and breaching
- ESDODDS: Experiments on Sediment Depth Of Disturbance (DoD) for beaches under the influence of Drainage Systems
- Infiltration and ex-filtration on beach face
- Measurement of wave-induced sand transport over rippled beds
- Measurements of sand transport induced by skewed waves and currents - TRANSKEW
- SUSCO: Swash zone response Under grouping Storm Conditions
- Determination of relevant Parameters for the Alternative assessment of Intact Stability Weather Criterion on Experimental Basis
- Experimental Assessment of the Parametric Rolling on a C11 Class Containership
- Hydrodynamic loads on inflated floaters planning on water
- In detail investigation of planing pressure
- Investigation Of Non-Optimised And Optimised Ship Motion Responses In Intact And Damaged Conditions
- Ship Model Tests in Parametric Roll in Natural Head Seas
- Wave Rotor
- Action of Ice Ridges on Subsea Production Systems
- Arctic Production and Tandem Offloading Terminal - ATOT
- Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics Using Experiments and Multi-scale Modelling
- Experimental Studies on Shear Failure of Freeze-Bonds in Model Ice
- Ice Actions on Conical Structures
- INTERICE 4
- Investigation of local ice loads and their dependence on mooring stiffness
- Model Tests in Ice with a Shoulder Ice Barrier
- Model Tests of Iceberg Towing
- Understanding the impact of a REduced ice Cover in the ARctic Ocean - RECARO
- Breaking wave impacts and non-breaking wave interactions with offshore wind turbine foundations
- Current and wind effects on wave run-up and wave overtopping (FlowDike)
- Design of entrance platforms for offshore wind turbines
- Drag test on cylinders with helical
- EroGRASS: Failure of Grass Cover Layers at Seaward and Shoreward Dike Slopes
- Experimental and Numerical Investigation of The Hydrodynamic Loads and Wave Elevation on Concentric Vertical Cylinders
- Experimental study of a random nonlinear wave field in a tank
- Experimental study of the wave run-up along a vertical plate
- Large-scale measurements of extreme wave loadings on exposed jetties
- Slowly varying drift forces

