Test Tank from the Port Labs in the Higher Tecnical School of Road, Canals and Ports

a length of 33 metres. The bottom of the tank is finished in in situ terrazzo and the vertical walls are finished in continuous tiling, fitted with an anti-reflection system using 10 ppi polyurethane foams. Multi-directional waves are generated with absorption control, by moving individual paddles, and can reach up to 1 metre. The wave maker, which comprises 16 paddles measuring 0.70 metres in width and 1.30 metres in length, has the following performance: H = 0.25 metres in water 0.60 metres deep. The wave generation and calibration process is computerised by means of a workstation, a communications card, a conversion unit and an interface with a connection card for at least eight differential analogue input channels or 16 common channels and two analogue output channels. The facility is complemented by wave measurement, programming and calibration equipment; data acquisition and analysis equipment, and a small calculation centre with mathematical and numerical models for comparison. ...