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Name	LABIMA - Laboratory of Maritime Engineering
Owner	UNIFI - University of Florence
Operator	University of Florence; Laboratorio di Ingegneria Marittima

Status	Public Research
Category	Land-based facilities and in situ testing sites for ocean engineering and ocean observation support
Subcategory	Current and wave-current flumes
Type	48 x 0,8 x 0,8
Country	Italy
Main operating areas	All oceans
Main Scientific Disciplines addressed	Marine environment; Ocean engineering; Maritime Engineering, Wave Energy
Address	Via di S. Marta, 3 - 50139, Firenze (FI)
Infrastructure URL	http://www.labima.unifi.it
Operator URL	http://www.labima.unifi.it
Year Built	1980
Year of last refit	2014

Additional Information

Service currently offered by the infrastructure	Wave and current generation to specified requirements (e.g. site specific wave generation) Testing of scaled-model Hydrodynamic performance of the device in a range of conditions. Limited survival (based on scale). Production of the power map of the device. Pressure and force measurements on device structural componenets (e.g. mooring behaviour) Validation of pre-completed numerical models. Data acquisition and analysis
Examples of scientific data acquired	Assessment of Tidal Energy Converters Assessment of Wave Energy Converters Stability of Port Breakwaters Overtopping at port breakwaters, sea dikes, seawall Shore defence structure effiency Hydrodynamic response of marine structures (wave energy devices, harbour dike, rubble-mound breakwaters, geo-containers). Analysis of wave energy conversion systems and design. Large scale evaluation of the potential energy of the sea, identification of exploitable areas and assessment of the interaction with waves, currents, sediment transport and dispersion of pollutants and morphy dynamics (by means of numerical simulations). Evaluation of the interaction between renewable energy devices - waves and dyanmics of the moorings in the area next to the structure, multi-scale interaction (i.e. turbulence) and non-linearity, which cannot be simulated with numerical models.
Location (hometown)	Florence
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