UK testing facilities
University of Southampton Boldrewood Towing Tank
University of Southampton / NWTF
Boldrewood Innovation Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton, England
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Hydrodynamics and marine testing
Services
Ship, yacht, powerboat and marine-energy model testing; resistance, self-propelled, open-water propeller, wave-energy, floating-wind, tidal-turbine, autonomous-vessel and aerospace/transport hydrodynamics testing.
Equipment
138 m x 6 m x 3.5 m tank with 0.5 m freeboard; carriage up to 10 m/s; Reynolds number up to 7 x 10^7; 0–1500 N tow/side-force dynamometer; 12-paddle active wavemakers with up to 0.5 m wave amplitude; motion capture, propeller dynamometers, underwater PIV and LDA.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page; external hire and commercial-client use are explicitly stated.
Contact
Email: admin@nwtf.ac.uk
Approximate location
Southampton · Town location