Instrumentation in the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory

COAST lab boasts a large range of instrumentation as well as data acquisition hardware and software

The Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory boasts a large range of instrumentation as well as data acquisition hardware and software. The equipment is maintained and operated by a dedicated team of engineers.

Additional facilities

The University is equipped with metal and wood working facilities

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Technical specifications

Qualysis Motion capture

set of six Qualysis 6DOF cameras
multiple lenses allow accuracy of better than 1.5 mm in most ranges
underwater capability

Data Acquisition (DAQ)

a range of National Instruments CompactDAQ hardware paired with custom written LabView software
hardware is a modular system consisting of a base unit with expansion modules added to cover specific signal and sampling requirements

Flow measurement

Dantec 3D particle image velocimetry (PIV) on a 1m traverse
Laser Doppler anemometer
Valeport impeller flow metering
40 twin-wire resistance wave probes with lengths up to 1.4m
Vectrino II acoustic Doppler velocimeters

Sediment measure

FARO 3D colour laser-scanner
Aquascat sediment probe

Cameras

high definition video and stills cameras
underwater cameras, allowing a live view and recording of models underwater
Photron Fastcam SA4 high speed camera capable 3600 fps at 1024x1024 resolution
NAC HotShot 1280 high speed camera capable of 500 fps at 1024x1024 resolution
Nikon D5200 DSLR.

Other sensors

Pressure transducers, water-proof load cells, accelerometers, strain gauges, torque meter, pressure measurement, LVDT, hydrophones.

Contact the COAST team

coastlab@plymouth.ac.uk

Marine Building James Street Plymouth PL4 6EQ