Introduction to the Hydraulics Experiment Center

Nanchang University’s Hydraulics Experimental Center is one of the provincial Model Experimental Teaching Centers in Jiangxi. With a high starting point, a comprehensive platform system, and strong research capacity, it serves as a key base supporting both undergraduate education and high-level scientific research. The center comprises several specialized laboratories—including hydraulics, hydraulic structures, tailings reservoirs, seepage, hydraulic modeling, and engineering surveying. Its advanced equipment and well-planned layout enable full coverage of fundamental, integrated, and innovative experiments across the water resources discipline.

The center covers a total area of 4,306 m² and is supported by four full-time technical staff. Leveraging the university’s “Double First-Class Initiative,” the center has continuously introduced cutting-edge experimental instruments from China and abroad, upgrading its technical platforms to reach an advanced national level in undergraduate experimental teaching. It provides students with a first-rate environment for hands-on innovation and lays a solid foundation for training highly qualified, multidisciplinary water resources professionals.

The center houses a comprehensive and diverse set of instruments. Key teaching equipment includes large-scale hydraulic engineering physical models, acoustic Doppler velocity and discharge measurement systems, flume flow-control systems, total stations, and RTK surveying instruments. High-end research facilities include multi-field coupled rock testing systems, cutoff-wall quality inspection devices for embankments, UAV-based LiDAR systems, ground-penetrating radar, and others, with a total equipment value of 16.309 million RMB. The center supports experimental teaching for eight undergraduate programs within the School of Civil Engineering (including the Environmental Engineering program) and provides laboratory space for theses, capstone projects, and national competitions such as the Water Conservancy Innovation Contest. It also serves as a key platform for the training of master’s and doctoral students in hydraulic engineering.

Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering, as the center’s core discipline, has passed the national engineering education accreditation, been selected as a National First-Class Undergraduate Program, and holds authorization for doctoral degrees and a post-doctoral research station. Today, the experimental center stands as a strategic platform that drives disciplinary innovation, cultivates outstanding engineering talent, and supports national needs in major water resources and hydropower projects.