Also in the structural laboratory are a 600,000-lb. Baldwin testing machine, a 60,000-lb. Riehle testing machine and a 30,000-lb. Baldwin testing machine. A number of jacks and loading frames are also available which can be attached to two strong floors and allow a wide range of loading assemblages to be set up easily.
Floor space is available for the study of hydraulic structures and river models.
All of the computers in the physical modelling laboratory are networked to the facility's computer lab. Unique frazil ice probes and time-lapse video complement the facility's ice research equipment. The HRTF computer laboratory has a number of high-end Pentium II based PCs for numerical modelling. Software is available for 2D finite-element modelling of rivers and lakes, sediment transport modellig, and 2D modelling of wind generated wave fields. The facility has several PC machines linked to a main UNIX workstation.