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Flume stanford7/3/2023 ![]() The laboratory has state-of-the-art laboratory-scale measurement capabilities, including PIV (particle image velocimetry), PLIF (planar laser-induced fluorescence), laser-Doppler anemometry and acoustic-Doppler velocimetry. Research using the two large wave-current flumes can document flows over coral reefs, kelp forests and sea-grass, reflecting the ever-growing interest in biological fluid mechanics in the EFML, which is now regarded as a national leader in biological fluid mechanics for environmental flows. The major facilities include two large wave-current flumes and a stratified flow tank for studying internal gravity waves. The EFML has three major experimental research facilities and a set of smaller facilities. Research in the lab is focused on turbulence and mixing in natural water bodies and particularly the near-coastal environment stratified flows in lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal seas physical-biological interactions in coastal and estuarine flows sedimentation in reservoirs and sediment transport in watersheds, lakes and estuaries. Robert Street was the founding director of the EFML from 1986 to 1991, Jeffrey Koseff served as director from 1991 to 1996, after serving as the associate director from 1986 to 1991, and Stephen Monismith has been the director since 1996. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2013, the lab was renamed the Bob and Norma Street Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory in honor of the contributions and tireless support of the laboratory by Professor Robert Street and his wife, Norma. The EFML was known as the Hydraulics Laboratory and was renamed the EFML in 1986 to more accurately reflect the research interests of the faculty. ![]()
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