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Coastal Organizations and Facilites

Note: This is an incomplete list of research facilities with flumes.

Country	Laboratory	Specs (size: length, width, depth)	Wave Generator	Max Wave Height
USA	Center for Applied Coastal Research	33 m x 0.6 m x 0.76 m	1 m stroke hydraullically activated piston	0.35 m
USA	U.S. Army Engineering Research & Development Center	63 m x 1.5 m x 1.5 m 63 m x 3.0 m x 1.5 m	Computer controlled electro-hydraullic	0.46 m
USA	O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory	104 m x 3.7 m x 4.6 m	hinged type, hydraullic ram	1.6 m @ 3.5 sec
Canada	Canadian Hydraullics Centre	97 m x 2 m x 2.7 m 63 m x 1.2 m x 1.2 m	programable, multi-mode machine with active wave absorption capabilities	1.1 m 0.35 m
Japan	PARI	184 m x 3.5 m x 12 m	*	3.5 m

* Information not available

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University of Delaware

Center for Applied Coastal Research • Ocean Engineering Laboratory • Newark, DE 19716 • USA •
Phone: 302-831-6531 • Fax: 302-831-1128 • E-mail: cacr@coastal.udel.edu