Technologies

Field Equipment

Grady White Seafarer 23' Coastal Survey Vessel

  • Twin 90 hp Honda 4-Stroke outboard motors
  • Starlink Differential GPS
  • Dual frequency high precision echo sounder
  • Integrated Laptop PC data collection software package

Topcon GTS 300 Survey Station

Benthos Openframe SeaRover Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV)

  • 450 meter depth rating
  • 675 kHz Kongsberg Simrad Scanning/Imaging Analog Sonar
  • Three function articulated arm
  • Low light, high resolution color video camera
  • Optically corrected underwater analog still photo film camera
  • Requires 208 3 phase AC power, approximately 10kW

Seabotix LBV 150 Mini-ROV

  • 150 meter depth rating
  • Single function arm
  • Low light, high resolution B&W video camera
  • Low light, high resolution color video camera
  • Multi Frequency Tritec Mini Sonar

Two (2) IVER 2 Ocean Server Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)

  • 90 meter depth rating
  • Nose cone adaptable YSI 6600 Sonde
  • Integrated Side Scan Sonar
  • GPS surface tracking float
  • Integrated micro modem

Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Meter

(3) YSI 6600 Water Quality Sondes with 2 Optical Ports

Sensors include: DO, Chlorophyl, Blue/Green Algae, Ph/Conductivity, Turbidity, Temperature, Salinity, ORP, Nitrates.

YSI 6820/6920 Water Quality Sonde with Optical Port

SBE Seabird Electronics

26plus Seagauge Wave and tide recorder CTD.

(2) Aanderaa Coastal Monitoring Buoy models 4280 and 3280

Sensors include: Solar radiation, wind speed, gust and direction, Wave height and period, Air and water temperature, current speed and direction.

R.M Young/Nexsens Weather Station

Sensors include: PAR, Wind speed and direction, Relative Humidity, Barometric pressure, Temperature.

1 to 20 meter Capacitance Wave Probes/Water level gauges

Laboratory Equipment

Planing Hull Dynamometer

Custom developed dynamometer that allows for tracking of the tow arm angle relative to the fixed hull for true shaft line towing in calm water and in a sea state. Extremely light weight and adaptable to very small models with little available free ballast.

Floating Beam Dynamometer

Conventional dynamometer used for resistance and seakeeping tests on larger displacement hulls.

Open Water Propeller Boat

Kempf and Remmers propeller dynamometers

(2) R25 dynamometers, R45 dynamometer

Vertical Motion Mechanism

Planar Motion Mechanism

Plunging Wave Maker

Computer controlled generated sea conditions (random, sinusoidal or spectra), Wave heights up to 13 inches and wave periods from ~.45 to 2.3 seconds

Optical Measurement Systems and LASER's

  • TSI Three component LDV system with traverse
  • Coherent Innova 90 5 watt argon-ion
  • (2) Coherent Innova 70c 5 watt argon-ion
  • Lamda Physik LPX 100 Excimer 20 watt
  • Qualisys Motion Capture System ProReflex MCU 1000

Miscellaneous experimental equipment

  • Strain Gauge based load cells (load range from 10 to 2000 pounds)
  • Accelerometers (various range and # axis's)
  • LVDT's (various lengths)
  • Inclinometers
  • Precision Potentiometers
  • Acoustic and Capacitance Wave Gauges

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