Coasts, Rivers, Ports & Offshore

CHC has been studying and developing solutions to water-related problems through the application of laboratory studies, numerical modelling, field investigations and engineering analysis for over 60 years. Today, CHC operates one of the world's premier hydraulics laboratories dedicated to applied research and commercial studies related to civil engineering hydraulics, coastal science and engineering, port and harbour developments, and offshore energy projects. The laboratory is routinely used to verify the performance and optimise the design of specific projects, including:

• marina, port and harbour developments
• breakwaters, revetments, piers, quay walls and other coastal structures
• beach stabilization and shore protection schemes
• LNG terminals
• offshore platforms for energy exploration and production
• ocean energy devices
• dams, spillways, bridge piers
• pipelines, outfalls and intake structures

CHC's world-class laboratory is complemented by a large number of sophisticated numerical modelling tools that are applied to investigate a wide array of issues, such as:

• flows in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and waterways
• tides, tidal flows and circulation in harbours and estuaries
• water quality and pollutant fate
• coastal and inland flooding
• wave conditions in ports, harbours and coastal waters
• ship wakes and bank erosion
• coastal processes
• sediment transport, siltation and scour
• three-dimensional flows at complex structures

Please see the following for more information:

• Coastal Processes
• Coastal Structures
• Marinas, Ports & Harbours
• Offshore Structures
• Physical and Numerical Modelling
• Rivers and Waterways
• Scour and Erosion
• Ship Motions and Mooring
• Waves, Tides & Hydrodynamics

The Coastal Group makes use of the following facilities:

• Coastal Wave Basin (CWB)
• Flow-meter Calibration Facility (FCF)
• High Discharge Flume (HDF)
• Large Area Basin (LAB)
• Large Scale Wave Flume (LWF)
• Multidirectional Wave Basin (MWB)
• Steel Wave Flume (SWF)

For further information, please contact:

Andrew Cornett, Group Leader
Phone: 613-993-6690
Fax: 613-952-7679
Email: Andrew.Cornett@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Paul Knox
Phone: 613-993-6844
Fax: 613-952-7679
Email: Paul.Knox@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Related Information

Institutes:

• NRC Canadian Hydraulics Centre