As a world-class hydraulic laboratory, the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) offers a wide array of hydraulic research, testing, and modeling services.
Research Areas
Modeling
The Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) is world-renowned for its expertise in water-flow modeling, offering design and construction of large physical models that are effective in project sustainability, safety, cost effectiveness, and structure optimization of a wide array of existing and proposed hydraulic structures. We also offer field investigation and numerical modeling services along with a composite modeling approach that can couple physical modeling with numeric modeling, a common companion to physical modeling that is highly effective in solving a wide array of difficult hydraulic problems.
Testing & Calibration
Since 1965, the UWRL testing facility has performed thousands of flow meter, valve, and pipe tests. World-class staff perform calibrations for commercial, governmental, nuclear, aerospace, and many other applications. Turnaround time for calibrations is generally 2 weeks with appropriate scheduling.Erosion control testing services are also available via an indoor drip irrigation rainfall-based erosion test facility. Hydraulics researchers also complete hydro machinery testing, such as pump and turbine testing.
Testing & Calibration
Recent Projects
The UWRL has completed hundreds of research projects such as large-scale physical models, numerical analysis, and computer modeling to improve safety, reduce construction costs, and optimize efficiency of a wide array of hydraulic structures. Below are just a few examples of recent work completed by our Hydraulics staff.
Photo Gallery
A collection of photo galleries showing the work of the UWRL Hydraulics team.