What's new

These Insane Labs Recreate Frightening Forces of Nature

SvenSvensonov

PROFESSIONAL
Joined
Oct 15, 2014
Messages
1,617
Reaction score
207
Country
United States
Location
Sweden
j3n4mrz1ktpoemdvztsi.jpg


Knowledge is the key to survival when nature turns hostile, whether because we're living on trembling ground, building homes along vulnerable coasts, or navigating through dangerous water. That's why scientists study nature's greatest acts of destruction — by recreating them. Here are ten labs where they do it.

They do it to help firefighters, rescue workers, and even civilians in the fight for survival. These scientists study the geologic and meteorologic phenomena behind natural disasters—and to do that, they must stage them in controlled environments. Welcome to the labs that are designed for disaster, where researchers unleash the devastating forces of nature, cataclysms, accidents and giant balls of fire.

A 75-meter-long ice pool at Aker Arctic Technology Inc's ice laboratory, in Helsinki, Finland. The company specializes in the design, testing, evaluation, simulation and development of icebreakers and other ice-going vessels as well as structures for arctic oil and gas field operations.

ojc5ko9egovvxkltqq9n.jpg



mmbteevlyfxnfibuswe9.jpg


jpigl7obyh2oatuamrxz.jpg


xhbm8zmtkxbk4pcr9i6q.jpg


The U.S. Coast Guard's new Rescue Swimmer Training Facility, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The training pool is approximately 164-by-82-feet, measuring 12-feet deep, and holds more than one million gallons of water.

jelboiyqlc6ssvpctoz5.jpg


pwiqc9irg8nday2d8snq.jpg


The 9D6B Modular Egress Training System, at Aviation Survival Training Center Jacksonville, Florida.

lkukhnzb76lbeaojtxkz.jpg
 
iu15b5xzt7u2h4wtqkgj.jpg


k2g8xabw00hw5rm590jx.jpg


xz1nhmrd3ry6ltz9tqh8.jpg


The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division's newly renovated "Indoor Ocean", called the Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin (MASK) facility, helps the Navy to understand extreme maritime circumstances. MASK was built in 1962, and it’s still the Navy’s biggest wave pool: 360 feet long, 240 feet wide, and holds approximately 12 million gallons of water.

xo5g9xyzjfoylznj6mne.gif


so9jvrwnjasehs6eopzf.gif


yg3dk1hn8fyu5xujf13z.gif


The Oregon State University's O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory is a key facility for coastal and ocean engineering research, including programs for tsunami research and coastal hazard mitigation.

ipz293horzpf5n2zkco5.jpg


ekyvqniobow6fswvs8cq.jpg


c89cqszxphnuxjrg0bgr.jpg


qysh38dmzgn6crmhx8yz.jpg


qadlh6vlimfdjlsbccrj.jpg
 
A large scale indoor model of the Yangtze River at the Hydraulics Lab of Changjiang Water Resources Commission in Wuhan, China.

rw8xlpu5evzgk52wukqu.jpg


The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility, at the University of Edinburgh, UK, lets engineers easily test their new wave turbines for tidal power in a controlled facility. FloWave is a 82-foot diameter pool and it is circular—so complex waves, fast currents and large water spikes can come in any direction rather than just one.

w5vtfyacpr4s5deu0gtn.jpg


wcg0ald7ti758p8dshoa.jpg


The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center, a $40 million hangar of destruction in South Carolina, is where experts can destroy full-scale model houses with rainstorms, hail, tornadoes and wildfire. The 21,000 square foot test chamber is as tall as a six-story building, and big enough to accommodate nine 2,300 square foot model homes at the same time.

lqb8eqloxgxt0vmsbaib.gif


ktzscy5n1qkbns9d6cbk.gif



The Iowa State University’s Tornado/Microburst Simulator can generate a translating microburst-like jet (6.0 ft diameter) and a tornado-like vortex (4.0 ft diameter) for model testing, in order to understand the effects of tornados on buildings and other structures.

zsfazh9zwf8ma0isrgxn.gif


This is the world's largest shake table earthquake simulator in Miki City, near Kobe, Japan. Measuring approximately 65 feet by 49 feet, the table can support 1:1 scale building experiments weighing up to 2.5 million pounds, like the million-pound seven-story condominium below, subjected to a simulated 6.7 magnitude earthquake.

bkvvepfikfmhiofx0z7s.jpg


dcx2ikkduuvyjzucc6pa.jpg


hyzbzkwzw5jorq4wgtaf.gif


From These Insane Labs Recreate Frightening Forces of Nature
 
yeah i would like to do , if there is no water in the pool :omghaha:

How about this then? I had to do this too, all Navy personal do - along with biochemical warfare training.

Submariners under go dive training, not everyone in the Navy will though, but all sailors must undergo firefighting.

These are simulators, doing this on an actual burning ship or sub would be hell!


420111216183907001_5566711_ver1.0_640_480.JPG


navy hose team.jpg


url.jpg


I got my right orbital bone broken when the first man got sick and partially let go of the hose
navy.jpg
 
Last edited:
How about this then? I had to do this too, all Navy personal do - along with biochemical warfare training.

Submariners under go dive training, not everyone in the Navy will though, but all sailors must undergo firefighting.

These are simulators, doing this on an actual burning ship or sub would be hell!


View attachment 199241

View attachment 199242

View attachment 199243

I got my right orbital bone broken when the first man got sick and partially let go of the hose
View attachment 199245

i am not a Tough guy , to do all this stuff :)
i rather be enjoying a relaxing vacation on Miami beach , than fighting with fire or punching waves :D
i am more of a hero in romantic movies , A non violent one hahaha
 
Back
Top Bottom