The IIHR Wave Basin at the University of Iowa is one of just five testing facilities selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize competition.
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Sanada Improves Visualization for Ship Hydro
IIHR’s Yugo Sanada is using reflected light to help researchers better visualize the water surface for advanced ship hydrodynamics research.
Wave Basin Supports Research
IIHR’s new $4.9 million wave basin offers research engineers the opportunity to test captive or radio-controlled model-scale navy ships under a variety of real-life conditions. The free-moving models can maneuver just like real ships. The wave basin allows measurement of local flow around a free-running model—something that’s never been done before.
Hydraulics Wave Basin Facility
Location: University of Iowa Research Park, 2274 Old Farmstead Rd., Coralville, IA 52241-4713 Building Locator Map IIHR’s new state-of-the-art Wave Basin Facility, completed in 2010, is a clear-span facility for ship hydrodynamics research and related education. The facility’s 40x20x3-meter basin accommodates free-model testing in an open body of water for critical analysis of naval vessel […]
Major Research Programs
IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering has a proud 90-year history of research and innovation—and a future that promises to be even more exciting. As one of the oldest and most respected hydraulic research facilities in the United States, IIHR offers state-of-the-art computational simulation and laboratory modeling capabilities, as well as field observational research. This encourages application of […]
Education
A Multidisciplinary Approach IIHR gives graduate students the tools they need to address complex global issues through a multidisciplinary education that integrates: An understanding of the physics of flow and flow-related processes Development of analysis, modeling, and simulation skills Use of state-of-the-art equipment, instrumentation, and computer methods An understanding of environmental, economic, social, and international […]
Research
IIHR has been home to innovative hydraulic research since 1920, when a small model laboratory was opened on the banks of the Iowa River in downtown Iowa City. Research activities expanded rapidly, and by 1928 a larger Hydraulics Laboratory replaced the original small structure. Today, IIHR is home to a steadily growing research program and […]
