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Hydraulic model investigators

• Water engineering laboratory and facilities
• Hydraulic consultancies

Urban expansion and consolidation is leading to increasing loads on and complexities in stormwater drainage networks, and increasing uncertainty on the port of drainage practitioners that existing or planned layouts will handle greater flows. While computer simulations of drainage systems are usually appropriate for solving simple hydraulic flow problems, the satisfactory resolution of problems involving complex flow dynamics can only come about through scale-model testing. The last decade has also witnessed an accelerated development of roadside and underground drainage infrastructure components, including side entry inlets, junction pits and kerb-side gross pollutant, traps, for which hydraulic model testing is desirable.

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Water engineering laboratory and facilities

UWRG has developed a broad range of hydraulic testing and development services and experise to cater for such needs. The Group has unlimited access to the University's Water Engineering Laboratory facility, specifically designed to test and evaluate the hydraulic devices. The facilities currently include:

• a specialised, full-size Road Surface Drainage, 20m long by 3.2m wide
• hydraulic modelling basin
• open channel flow rigs including a 15m tilting flume
• junction pit testing rig
• towing tank for hull testing
• water tunnel 300mm ' 100mm section, velocity up to 12m/s
• water pumping units up to 60m water head and 340 L/s
• equipment for pressure testing pipes, seals, valves, flow regulators, filters, etc
• flow calibration tanks and measuring devices
• equipment for testing irrigation sprinkler characteristics

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Hydraulics consultancies

UWRG has undertaken a wide range of hydraulics and hydraulic-model related consultancies for local and interstate government agencies and commercial enterprises. Clients include:

• Transport SA
• South Australian councils, including the Cites of Charles Sturt, Onkaparinga, Mitcham, Salisbury, Playford, Adelaide, Tea Tree Gully, Port Adelaide and Campbelltown.
• Natural Resource Management Board, SA
• ACT Urban Services
• Brisbane City Council
• Main Road, Queensland
• Gold Coast City Council
• Ecosol, South Australia
• Max Q Sales, Brisbane
• CSR Humes, Western Australia
• Patawalonga and Torrens Water Management Catchment Boards

UWRG's Indoor Road Surface Drainage Rig is the only full size rig in the Southern Hemisphere. Its development under the guidance of Associate Professor John Argue was the culmination of nearly two decades of interest and work in the field of hydraulic engineering. The rig offers hydraulic testing of full-size street components and is adjustable to cater for a wide range of road surfaces and longitudinal and transverse slopes. During the past years, the rig has been used for local and interstate clients, including Ecosol Pty Ltd., Transport SA, and Max Q Sales, Brisbane.

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