Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory

Providing world class test facilities and specialist support to students, researchers, academics and industry
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The Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory provides physical model testing with combined waves, currents and wind, offered at scales appropriate for device testing, array testing, environmental modelling and coastal engineering.
This is a flexible facility with the capability to generate short and long-crested waves in combination with currents at any relative direction, sediment dynamics, tidal effects and wind. The facility is closely aligned with the COAST Engineering Research Group .
 

Explore the COAST Laboratory

Professor Deborah Greaves gives a virtual tour of the facility and introduce the lab's capabilities.

Researchers in the COAST Lab
Research

Explore some of the projects our researchers use the facility for
Mechanical and Marine Engineering students running an inclining test in the wave flume at the COAST Lab in the University’s Marine Building.
Teaching

Our students benefit from dedicated time in the lab, exploring and utilising a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities and resources
Ocean basin, COAST Lab
Commercial

Find out how our facility is used by commercial companies
COAST Lab - 1315878 Coastal Basin
Facilities

Discover the facilities available, from our ocean basin to our wave flumes
COAST Laboratory
Instrumentation

Explore the large range of instrumentation and data acquisition hardware and software
 

Our team

 
Marine Building, Plymouth