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Aquaculture Structures: Experimental Techniques

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Force oscillation experiment; Seakeeping experiment; Towing experiment

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Various experimental techniques for aquaculture structures have been developed for different purposes. Towing and force oscillation tests on an integrated fish cage system or a single fish net plane are utilized to investigate the mathematical models of the hydrodynamic force coefficients in current and waves, respectively, which are an essential input for numerical simulations. Such experiments can also be implemented in a circulating water channel, which can produce uniform and oscillatory currents. Seakeeping experiment technologies for aquaculture structures in waves and currents are also very popular and have mainly been used for the analysis of the dynamic performance of integrated structures; these technologies can provide important verification data for numerical methods.

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Experimental Techniques for Aquaculture Structures in Current

In a towing test, an integrated...

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu, Yuwang Xu & Tianhu Cheng

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  1. Hadal Science and Technology Research Center, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Weicheng Cui

  2. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

  3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK

    Zhiqiang Hu

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  1. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Shixiao Fu

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Fu, S., Xu, Y., Cheng, T. (2021). Aquaculture Structures: Experimental Techniques. In: Cui, W., Fu, S., Hu, Z. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ocean Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6963-5_334-1

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