MHL - Facilities

Facilities

Underwater Operations Laboratory

This laboratory has a suite of instrumentation that facilitates both manned and unmanned underwater research and exploration in all bodies of water. Research and service capabilities include: Instruction in submerged vehicle dynamics ... learn more

Circulating Water Channel

The circulating water channel is a newly reconstructed facility that is a 1:14 scale model of the US Navy's Large Cavitation Channel located in Memphis, Tennessee. The channel test section measures 93cm long by 22cm wide ... learn more

Fabrication, Instrumentation and Prototyping

The MHL's research and educational programs are supported by a variety of fabrication, prototyping and instrumentation facilities. Technical expertise in these areas includes welding ... learn more

Gravity/Capillary Wind Wave Facility

The fluid physics laboratory was developed as a result of trying to understand and predict gravity-capillary wind-wave mechanically generated wave interactions, capillary-gravity wave-wave interactions, contact line dynamics in axisymmetric and ... learn more

Low Turbulence Water Channel

The purpose of the low-turbulence water tunnel is to facilitate the study of the fundamental structural aspects of turbulent flows near boundaries (solid walls, free surfaces, or both). The water channel is two stories high and ... learn more

Numerical Modeling

Numerical modeling of both natural marine systems as well as manmade systems compliment both full scale field experimentation and physical model testing at the MHL. Numerical analyses provide valuable insight into complex physical processes ... learn more

Ocean and Coastal Engineering Laboratory

The OCEL is a full-scale, field research facility that encompasses a wide variety of capabilities and research programs. These include: Wetland habitat investigations, Long-term coastal erosion monitoring, Shoreline evolution prediction ... learn more

Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory

The MRELab is dedicated to developing technology to harness the abundant, clean, and renewable marine energy in an environmentally sustainable way and at a competitive cost. The current focus of the MRELab is to study the underlying science ... learn more

Physical Modeling Basin

Originally built in 1904, and continuously upgraded, the model basin was the first of its kind owned and operated by an educational institution in the United States. The model basin is equipped to facilitate a full range of classical, innovative and unique ... learn more

MHL: Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory