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Large-Amplitude Motion Platform: A New Ocean Simulator Can Help Technologies Succeed

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It's not always easy to build technologies hearty enough to operate in a powerful ocean environment. And subjecting promising prototypes to real ocean waves can be an expensive, time-consuming, and risky way to get these technologies ready for the high seas. Now, with the National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR's) testing platform, called the large-amplitude motion platform (or LAMP for short): www.nlr.gov/water/motion-platform, our experts can replicate powerful ocean waves in a low-risk laboratory setting. The LAMP, coupled with NLR's diverse array of testing instrumentation, can help technology developers rapidly hone their prototypes before embarking on a potentially costly and time-consuming ocean trial.

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2026-03-16. Large-Amplitude Motion Platform: A New Ocean Simulator Can Help Technologies Succeed. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3024215

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