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HYDRAULIC LABORATORIES

The hydraulics laboratories at Manly Vale are the largest and most comprehensive in Australia. WRL occupies 3.8 ha of land immediately downstream of Manly Dam and has four fully equipped laboratories providing a covered area of approximately 2500 m² for research and specialist consulting studies. The laboratories contain a variety of standard facilities in addition to open space which is used for the construction of large scale hydraulic models. A large levelled area of 5000 m² is available for outdoor models and future facilities.

Utilities A large and continuous water supply is provided through gravity and pump boosted pipelines connected directly to Manly Dam. Town water is also available for clean water experiments and three phase power is available throughout the WRL site.

Main Facilities The main facilities include:

40 kW hydraulic powered random and monochromatic wave and current flume;

3 m wide monochromatic wave flume;

several wave and tidal basins up to 30 m x 20 m;

several water tanks including a 4.5 m x 4.5 m x 0.75 m glass tank;

40 m long, segmented differential tilting sediment transport flume;

tilting flume and wind tunnel;

6 m wide flow flume;

scour tunnel for determining scour properties of sediments;

well tank for ground water analysis;

refrigerated cool room;

soils testing laboratory;

1 m x 5 m flow table; and

rainfall simulation tower (25m high)

Laboratory
Instrumentation A comprehensive range of laboratory instruments is maintained at WRL including, for example, electromagnetic flow meters, ‘xyz’ acoustic doppler current meters, capacitance wave probes, conductivity probes, dynamic instrument trolleys, moveable bed profiling systems, automated sediment supply hoppers, digital check-weighers, load cells and pressure transducer for wave force measurements as well as other instruments and equipment as may be required. Test data is stored and analysed digitally by computers.

Field
Instrumentation Field instrumentation utilised by WRL comprises a comprehensive range of data capture systems for hydrologic, groundwater, river, estuarine, coastal, oceanographic, and environmental applications, including real-time monitoring and prediction systems for flood warning, coastal alerts and outfall plume behaviour.

www.wrl.unsw.edu.au
Director : Dr W. L. Peirson
Deputy Director Research : Dr I. L. Turner
Manager : Mr B. M. Miller

Water Research Laboratory
King St, Manly Vale, 2093, Sydney, Australia
Phone : +61 2 9949 4488 Fax : +61 2 9949 4188

Utilities	A large and continuous water supply is provided through gravity and pump boosted pipelines connected directly to Manly Dam. Town water is also available for clean water experiments and three phase power is available throughout the WRL site.
Main Facilities	The main facilities include: 40 kW hydraulic powered random and monochromatic wave and current flume; 3 m wide monochromatic wave flume; several wave and tidal basins up to 30 m x 20 m; several water tanks including a 4.5 m x 4.5 m x 0.75 m glass tank; 40 m long, segmented differential tilting sediment transport flume; tilting flume and wind tunnel; 6 m wide flow flume; scour tunnel for determining scour properties of sediments; well tank for ground water analysis; refrigerated cool room; soils testing laboratory; 1 m x 5 m flow table; and rainfall simulation tower (25m high)
Laboratory Instrumentation	A comprehensive range of laboratory instruments is maintained at WRL including, for example, electromagnetic flow meters, ‘xyz’ acoustic doppler current meters, capacitance wave probes, conductivity probes, dynamic instrument trolleys, moveable bed profiling systems, automated sediment supply hoppers, digital check-weighers, load cells and pressure transducer for wave force measurements as well as other instruments and equipment as may be required. Test data is stored and analysed digitally by computers.
Field Instrumentation	Field instrumentation utilised by WRL comprises a comprehensive range of data capture systems for hydrologic, groundwater, river, estuarine, coastal, oceanographic, and environmental applications, including real-time monitoring and prediction systems for flood warning, coastal alerts and outfall plume behaviour.