Wavemaker · cycle · loads

Wavemaker calculation starts with the water response, not the machine name.

What matters is how the generation cycle puts impulse into the basin: what front it raises, how repeatably, where the loads land, and how the bottom profile turns that impulse into a surfable wave.

You can't check a wavemaker on its own. It only makes sense together with the basin and the bottom profile.

The same generation principle behaves differently at different depths. We calculate the impulse, the period, the repeated cycle, the loads and the surface response — always against the basin that has to receive them, because that is where the wave is either made or lost.

What a wavemaker calculation checks.

01

Water impulse

How the generated front enters the basin, and whether it matches the target wave.

02

Repeated cycle

The pause between waves and the state of the water before the next cycle starts.

03

Loads

Where the calculated loads land, and how they repeat wave after wave over the drive cycle.

04

Bottom interaction

How the bathymetry amplifies, redirects or damps the generated wave.

What we show publicly is the water's behavior. The private package goes deeper.

Public pages carry sanitized surface frames and the engineering scope. The closed mechanical detail stays off the site.

Wave generated by a calculated wavemaker cycle
Water response A free-surface frame: how the basin answers one generation cycle.

The calculation can start from a target wave and bounded generation assumptions.

Useful inputs: the target wave, the basin envelope, the bottom profile, the generation principle at whatever disclosure level we agree on, the timing assumptions and the site constraints.

The output stays on the water response, the loads, the cycle limits and the next calculation step.

What the calculation can return.

Generation cycle

How the water forms through the cycle, and which phases need a deeper check.

Loads and limits

Where the forces appear, and what we can't claim without more detailed engineering.

Geometry changes

What to test next in the bathymetry, the timing or the generation input.

Common questions.

Can a wavemaker be selected by principle alone?

No. A principle is only a starting point. The water response depends on the bathymetry, the basin geometry and the repeated cycle.

Does this page disclose mechanical design?

No. The public copy describes the engineering calculation. The closed mechanism architecture stays off the site.

Is energy enough to describe performance?

No. Energy assumptions matter, but the surfable result comes down to the surface shape, the cycle, the loads and the bottom profile.

Can an existing generation idea be recalculated?

Yes, given enough geometry, target-wave information and generation input to define an engineering model.

Related engineering topics.

Have a generation concept or target wave? Send the calculation task.

A target wave, a basin outline, a depth profile and bounded generation assumptions are enough to scope the first engineering check. If the generation principle is your own, describe it at whatever level you're comfortable with — the first thing back is what the water does with that impulse in your basin.