Question: How dose a plexiglass wave pool work

Ollie Otter answered on 2 Mar 2020:

Basically, it will work the same as the big wave pools in our lab. The difference is that the plexiglass wave pool will be much smaller and made out of…. (you guessed it) plexiglass.
The plexiglass will make it transparent so you can see the waves from the side, which looks very cool, and even from the bottom if you could get underneath it. The top will be open.
It will be maybe 1 meter long, 30 cm wide and 20 cm deep and will have one hinged paddle in it that sits in the water and makes tiny waves. The paddle works with a little electric motor to make it move.
We can use tiny models of wind turbines or wave energy machines or even little surfers to show how stuff moves in waves. And because the wave pool will be so small we can put it in the back of the car and bring it around to places (obviously without the water in it).
Not everybody will have time to come to our lab to see how the wave pools work so it’s a nice way to go to them instead and show it’s done.
Hope that answers your question!