Ice research facilities
Ice research facilities
Facility | Facility Providers | Contact |
Arctic Environmental Test Basin (AETB)
Ice tank (30 x 6 x 1.2 m) with minimum temperature of -16ºC. Wave maker, current generators. Suitable for arctic marine biology and chemistry experiments, oil spill investigations |
Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt, HSVA | Karl-Ulrich Evers |
Ice Tank
The ice tank facility is 40m wide, 40m long and has 2.8 m depth. It is equipped with a carriage that can reach any point of the basin |
AALTO-KORKKEAKOULUSAATIO | Mikko Suominen |
Large Ice Model Basin (LIMB)
The Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) has been operating ice research facilities since 1972. The main feature is the 78 m long, 10 m wide and 2.5 m deep ice model basin. At the end of the ice tank a deep water section of 12 m x 10 m x 5 m is available. |
Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt, HSVA | Karl-Ulrich Evers |