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Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR)
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Facility Location : Ridge Road campus, St. John's
CSAR houses the Marine Institute's hydrostatic test chamber. The 70 litre chamber is able to simulate ocean depths of up to 1800 metres. The chamber has been used by various clients over the past several years for various purposes including:
The chamber has been recently upgraded to allow for logging of pressure data while tests occur. Future upgrades will allow the buoyancy of an object to be logged simultaneously with depth data and should be particularly useful in determining the effects of buoyancy on non-rigid floats.