METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DAMPENING WAVES IN A WAVE POOL USING PADDED GRATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM

摘要

A wave pool for producing waves having a first wave forming portion with an inclined section and a second wave dampening portion having a raised floor above a bottom chamber floor wherein the raised floor preferably has multiple openings thereon and a predetermined porosity (Y) within the range of 0 < γ ≤ 0.5, such that as the waves travel across the wave dampening chamber, a boundary layer of energy absorbing vortices and eddies are generated above and below the raised floor resulting from water flowing up and down through the openings, which helps to dampen the waves, and wherein the raised floor preferably comprises a padded grate drainage system consisting of multiple parallel elongated members formed using rigid bars with foam adhered on one side thereof, which are encapsulated by a water impervious layer.