METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DAMPENING WAVES IN A WAVE POOL

摘要

A wave pool for producing waves has a first wave-forming portion with an inclined section for causing the waves to begin breaking and a second wave-dampening portion with a raised floor with perforations extended above a bottom chamber floor. The raised floor is preferably adapted with a predetermined porosity such that a boundary layer of energy absorbing vortices and eddies is generated above and below the raised floor, resulting from water passing up and down through the openings, and the boundary layer effects on the raised floor help to dampen the waves.

主权项

1. A wave pool having a body of water therein comprising:
a wave generator located substantially at a first end of said wave pool for propagating non-standing waves that travel across said body of water from said first end toward a second end, opposite said first end; a first pool portion comprising a floor extended from said first end in the direction of said second end, said floor having an inclined section thereon; a second pool portion extended from said first pool portion toward said second end, wherein said second pool portion comprises a raised floor extended above a bottom floor, wherein said raised floor is adapted with openings and has a predetermined porosity () within the range of 0<γ≦0.5, such that a boundary layer of energy absorbing vortices and eddies is generated above and below said raised floor, resulting from water passing up and down through the openings, wherein the boundary layer effects created by said raised floor help to dampen the waves.