Bejing Pool is "Fast" and Designed to Break Records.
Former Member
To promote the breaking of swimming world records, the Chinese have optimized their Water Cube pool for speed by: (1) Keeping the water at 80.6 degrees, the temperature considered optimal for swimmers; (2) pumping "microbubbles" into the pool to break the water's surface tension; (3) building the pool to a depth of 42.7 feet, which prevents water-temperature interference; and (4) introducing a ventilation system that whisks chlorine fumes off the surface of the water, allowing the athletes to breathe clean air. --outside.away.com
The pool is 42.7' deep :drown: ?
I'll buy Paul's argument. At some point there's got to be a transition from a pool being a nice deep and fast pool to just being a small lake. The more water you get in there the more difficult it's going to be to control things like temperature, currents and chemical balance. So basically you just need the pool to be deep enough so that turbulence is dissipated before it hits the bottom of the pool and reflects back up.
I'll buy Paul's argument. At some point there's got to be a transition from a pool being a nice deep and fast pool to just being a small lake. The more water you get in there the more difficult it's going to be to control things like temperature, currents and chemical balance. So basically you just need the pool to be deep enough so that turbulence is dissipated before it hits the bottom of the pool and reflects back up.
