Statistics suggest rip currents are one of the major causes of death by drowning in NZ. To mitigate this, the idea of simulating rip currents in a pool environment for the purposes of water safety education and training has been proposed by Hydroverse Ltd. This project will aim to simulate rip currents in a scale model of an Olympic pool in the Newmarket Labs, based on a submerged system conceptualised by Hydroverse. The project will involve (a) a survey of literature on rip currents (b) design and development of a scale model rip current system to be located in a scale model of an Olympic pool, (c) characterisation of the flows in the scale model pool to geometric and operational properties.
Undergraduate
1. A scale model rip current system in a scale model Olympic pool.
2. Flow characteristics and visualisation.
3. Determination of pumping requirements.
4. Scaling laws and extrapolation of scale model data to that for a full size system for a full size Olympic pool.
Mecheng325: A- or better
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