Laboratory
LaMeRoc (Laboratorio de Mecánica de Rocas)
The facilities of the Rock Laboratory are located in CITEEC and at the Civil Engineering School. The laboratory has a versatile equipment with which it is possible to carry out from basic and advanced tests of great instrumental complexity. The modular conception of the equipment allows its restructuring to adapt to the needs of each project. For this purpose, it has a small mechanical and electronic workshop.
Instrumentation
Electric generator
Column pump for boreholes. 100m of polyethylene tubing. Characterization of the hydrodynamic parameters of an aquifer to measure its capacity and depression of the water table.
Profiler
Profiler for measuring currents in shallow waters with floats on catamarans for use on inverted surfaces. Bluetooth data transmission. Measurement of velocity and depth profiles for the integration of the flow in a section.
Speedometer
Speedometer for measuring the three components of speed in water at one point by the impulse-echo doppler method.Point measurement of water velocity in the laboratory (scale models) or field studies (shallow waters, both fresh and salt). Data recording with internal storage or connected to an acquisition system.
Electromagnetic speedometer
Electromagnetic speedometer for measuring speed in free film in the laboratory and in the field. Measurement of free sheet flow in canals, rivers and sewage pipes, both in the field and in the laboratory.
Bathymetric probe. GPSMAP 256S Model. Garmin
Bathymetry equipment equipped with:
– Control and data recording unit.
– Water depth probe (up to 670 m).
Carrying out bathymetries (underwater topographies) for the study of coastal areas, estuaries, reservoir or lake capacity.
Bathymetric probe. Midas Surveyor Model. Valeport
Gifted bathymetry equipment:
– Control and data recording unit.
– Water depth probe (up to 100 m).
– GPS positioning antenna.
Carrying out bathymetries (underwater topographies) for the study of coastal areas, estuaries, reservoir or lake capacity.
Buoy
Floating or submerged buoy with multiparametric water quality probe, and power supply equipment with solar panels and GPRS data transmission.
Real-time measurement and data transmission of water quality parameters in shallow waters at sea as well as in rivers, estuaries or lakes.
Control PC adapted to marine environment.
Rosette
Multiple water sampling device with Niskin bottles and pressure sensor, programmable for closing at different depths.Water sampling at different depths both in the sea and in lakes.
Underwater camera
Double chamber (one horizontal rotating 360º and one vertical oriented downwards) in waterproof boat up to 100m, display and registration unit on surface. Inspection of infrastructure -natural or artificial-, deep-sea bottoms. Assistance in the installation of other measuring equipment in the field at great depth.
Underwater robot
Remote Operation Vehicle (ROV) with control propellers for forward movements, rotation and depth variation, equipped with video camera with surface control unit. Inspection of infrastructure -natural or artificial-, deep-sea bottoms.Assistance in the installation of other measuring equipment in the field at great depth. Recording with high definition camera.
