Project overview
The aim of this project is to develop REAL, a novel experimental facility that will revolutionise research in submerged infrastructure by enabling comprehensive multi-phenomena testing.
Creation of this unique facility will require the purchase of equipment comprising a large tilting flume, systems for water pumping and storage, wave generation and absorption, sediment feeding, recirculation and separation and instruments for detailed measurement of water velocities.
These systems will be fully integrated and automated to reproduce scenarios representative of real-world conditions at unprecedented levels of realism.
The research enabled by the facility will pave the way to novel approaches to the design and construction of future infrastructure systems that are both resilient and cost effective.
More information on REAL: River, Estuary and Coastal resilient infrastructure testing flume.
