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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Thomas J. Lochtefeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Hendrik Dirk Van Ettinger, The Hague, NL;
Dirk Bastenhof, Ede, NL;
Thomas J. Lochtefeld, La Jolla, CA (US);
Hendrik Dirk van Ettinger, The Hague, NL;
Dirk Bastenhof, Ede, NL;
Other;
Abstract
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.