Designing and modelling of a modern artificial fluid wave generation system with flexible mechatronic control

The research project presented in this article was conducted in Tarbiat Modares University aiming at studying and determining the parameters effective on the form and strength of artificial waves to be generated on water surface. Following development of the core idea, the results obtained from theoretical calculations and CFD simulations performed in FLOW3D software package were compared to the practical outcomes of a model experiment built at a scale of 1:20 to a real wave pool. The model: consisting three major parts of "wave pool and pressure vessels", "air fan and accumulator" and "mechanical wave generation assembly": implemented air pressure in mechanical wave generation assembly and a system of electronic controlling, which considering available facilities and resources, entitled it to a proper and optimized method as for power consumption and losses that enabled us to practically measure also desirably optimize the effectual parameters (D. Shetty and R.A. Kolk, 1997).The experimental results showed good approximation to the numerical solutions and outcomes from software analyses so indicated that applying these results to wave pools, water parks and fluid mechanics laboratories, especially marine ones, is of benefit.