Jets in olympic dive pool

[Pikey P]

Im just watching Eurosport and its the womans olympic diving. Iv noticed there are two jets of water being fired into the dive pool.

The only reason i can think for it, is to break the surface tension of the water?

Am i being dumb or is that the reason?

Lord Pikey

[ewenm]

It's so the divers can spot the surface level for their "rip entry".

Doing some calcs, I think they hit the water at about 22mph from the 10m board so perhaps surface tension too.

Edited by ewenm on Wednesday 20th August 21:52

[Dogwatch]

Won't affect the surface tension, but does break up the surface to make it less like concrete when the diver hits it. If you bubbled up air from a pipe it would be even more effective but the diver might hit the bottom as the water resistance is reduced.

[Pikey P]

Thanks

As you were.

[tigger1]

ewenm said:

It's so the divers can spot the surface level for their "rip entry".

Doing some calcs, I think they hit the water at about 22mph from the 10m board so perhaps surface tension too.

Edited by ewenm on Wednesday 20th August 21:52

+1

[Hedders]

tigger1 said:

ewenm said:

It's so the divers can spot the surface level for their "rip entry".

Doing some calcs, I think they hit the water at about 22mph from the 10m board so perhaps surface tension too.

Edited by ewenm on Wednesday 20th August 21:52

+1

+2

We didn't have jets in my old diving pit so you had to wait for someone else to make a splash so you could judge it from the top board.

[CrashTD]

[quote=ewenm I think they hit the water at about 22mph from the 10m board so perhaps surface tension too.

Edited by ewenm on Wednesday 20th August 21:52

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I make it closer to 33. Although I factored in that they jump up from the board, and its at around 11m the stop and begin to fall

Slow start to the morning...