UC Davis J.Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory
UC Davis J.Amorocho Hydraulics Laboratory (JAHL) was built by
the California Department of Water Resources to perform
hydraulic modeling studies for the California State Water
Project in 1960's. It has been actively participating in the
development of solutions to fish protection technologies for the
Bay Delta river system since 1970s. For over forty years, UCD
JAHL has been conducting hydraulic investigations through scaled
and prototype models to provide modeling service to the state
and local water agencies of California. UCD JAHL has both open
space and indoor space for physical hydraulic experiments. The
laboratory occupies more than one-acre area near Brooks Rd. and
Levee Rd. inside University of California, Davis. It has a fully
equipped machine shop with experienced technicians who can
construct and modify a test facility with a high level of
accuracy. The laboratory has a source of nonchlorinated well
water that is suitable for environmental and biological studies.
It also has a heating/cooling system that is capable of
controlling the temperature of the water. The laboratory has a
fish holding facility that is capable of holding fish in a size
range of centimeters to meters. Engineers in the UC Davis JAHL
have the experience to design and construct large-scale flumes
and to conduct flow experiments in large-scale flumes.