Small Scale Water Tunnel

CeFPaC Water Tunnel

The water tunnel is a close-return tunnel with a test cross-section of 6”x12” and a length of 24”, and a maximum speed of 0.3 m/s.  The water tunnel facility enables qualitative measurements via dye flow visualization and hydrogen bubble (through electrolysis), as well as quantitative measurements using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV).