Hydraulics

NRC develops and provides services for studying maritime structures, coastal processes, environmental hydraulics and cold regions engineering. NRC has established itself as a centre of excellence for hydraulic studies which are relevant to Canadian and U.S. clients.

Institutes and Programs

• National Research Council Canada
• NRC Canadian Hydraulics Centre

Research Projects

• Beach Stabilization, Coney Island, NY
• Compas Port LNG Terminal
• Confederation Bridge
• Dam Break Simulation - Flood Propagation in Lac St. Jean Region, Quebec
• Decaying Sea Ice: How it Happens and What it Means for Shipping
• Floating Casino -- Lake Michigan, USA
• Harbour Improvements - Bay de Verde, NFL
• Hydrodynamic Models
• Ice Loads on the Confederation Bridge, PEI, Canada
• Inventory of Renewable Marine Energy Resources

Business Opportunities and Services

• Services

  NRC offers a variety of services to businesses. Individual institutes offer for-fee services, ranging from calibration to development of building codes. Browse a variety of services that NRC offers related to hydraulics.

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• Facilities

  National Research Council (NRC) facilities offer Canadian businesses and universities access to state-of-the-art equipment, research and training programs, and world leading design, fabrication, testing and co-location facilities. Browse our state-of-the-art facilities related to hydraulics.

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Publications

• NRC-authored publication citations are available in the NRC Publications Archive (NPArC).