Wave flume
![Model testing with periodic Stokes waves in the Wave–Tow Tank of the Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.](/Images/godic/202502/20/JACOEL-Wave_Tow_Tank-Image162917.png")
![A solitary wave in a laboratory wave flume](/Images/godic/202502/20/Soliton_hydro2917.jpg")
![Breaking wave on a slope in a laboratory wave channel (movie)](/Images/godic/202502/20/-Breaking_wave_in_wavemaker.ogv2917.jpg")
![Propagating and breaking waves in a wave flume (movie)](/Images/godic/202502/20/-06golfgootgolven.ogg2917.jpg")
In fluid dynamics, a wave flume (or wave channel) is a laboratory facility for the physical modelling of water waves, in order to study their properties and their effects on coastal structures, offshore structures, sediment transport and other transport phenomena.