Variable Depth Deck Pool for Cruise Ship Space Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge is to maximize the diversification of activities in limited open-air public areas on passenger transport vessels like cruise liners without compromising the available space on the deck, particularly where leisure swimming pools occupy central and significant areas, leaving little room for deckchairs and pedestrian circulation.
Innovation Solution
A deck design featuring slabs with perforations for water distribution, allowing for adjustable water levels through a system of pipes and valves, enabling a shallow water film for relaxation and deckchair placement while also allowing for a higher water level for aesthetic reflection and lighting effects, thus optimizing space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a leisure pool is installed in the public outdoor area, then passengers can enjoy water-based recreation activities, but the available space for deckchairs and pedestrian movement is significantly reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pool depth is made variable through a system of movable bottom panels (5) that can be raised or lowered hydraulically. This allows the pool to transform between a deep swimming configuration and a shallow relaxation configuration, enabling multiple activities in the same space without permanently sacrificing deck area.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical parameter of water depth is changed dynamically to accommodate different recreational needs. By adjusting the bottom panels, the pool can provide deep water for swimming or shallow water for relaxation and sunbathing, thus diversifying activities while maintaining space efficiency.
2Area of stationary object
If the pool area is designed to accommodate multiple activities, then space utilization is improved, but the system complexity increases due to multiple drainage and water level control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The pool bottom is segmented into multiple independent movable panels (5) that can be controlled individually or in groups. This segmentation allows selective depth adjustment in different zones of the pool, enabling diverse activities while using a modular control system that is more manageable than a completely integrated complex system.
Solution Approach 2:
The drainage system is designed with dual functionality: it can drain water completely for maintenance or partial drainage for activity diversification. The same hydraulic system that moves the bottom panels also controls water level, reducing the need for separate complex control mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design enhances space efficiency by allowing multiple uses of the deck area, including relaxation, water games, and aesthetic effects, while minimizing water usage and maintaining a refreshing environment without the need for a full swimming pool, thus accommodating more activities and seating without hindering movement.
Implementation Method 1
each slab (5) has a lower surface connected to a water inlet conduit (53) connected to at least one water supply pump (12) for sending water into the perforation (51) on the upper surface (50) of the slab (5)
Implementation Method 2
on which there is at least one valve (150) capable of taking either a first open position allowing the evacuation of water through the first pipe (15) for the formation of a film of water not exceeding a first predetermined height (H1), lower than the third predetermined height (H3), on the slabs (5), or a second closed position preventing the evacuation of water through the first pipe (15)
Implementation Method 3
the basin (2) having at least one first hole (4) connected to at least one first pipe (15)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a ship for transporting passengers, comprising a floor (21) which is accessible to persons and which includes plates (5) having a perforation (51) for sending water onto the upper surface (50) thereof. According to the invention, the floor (21) is in a pool (2) located at a height (H3) above the plates (5) that are connected to a duct (53) connected to a pump (12) for sending water into the perforation (51), the pool (2) having a hole (4) connected to a pipe (15) on which a valve (150) is provided, wherein said valve is capable of assuming either an open position for discharging the water through the pipe (15) in order to form a water film that does not exceed a water height (H1) which is lower than the height (H3), or a closed position in which the discharge of the water through the pipe (15) is prevented so as to have, on the plates (5), an amount of water having a height (H2) which is lower than the height (H3) and which is higher than the height (H1).