Utredning av undervattensbastu

Sammanfattning

Nordic Marine Sauna AB has, since 2005, designed, manufactured and sold floating saunas. The

product are characterised by a well thought thru and appealing design and its high quality. The

company is now intending to open a new business area by starting a subsidiary, Nordic

Submarine Sauna AB, which will design submerged saunas. The expected customers are leisure

and conference centres as well as customers that seek an experience out of the ordinary.

Due to the products technical complexity a master thesis was adverted. The task was to do an

investigation whether such a product is technically viable.

The job involved research of existing products and constructions material as well as designing

the product with CAD and FEM-programs. This resulted in two different concepts: One model

with a fixed submerged sauna. The other one is an amphibious model where the sauna is lowered

and raised in the water. The main part of the rapport is dedicated to the fixed submerged sauna

and the amphibious model is described in a separate chapter.

The remaining construction work is mainly on the amphibious model, while the fixed submerged

model only has a few details left to solve. However, both concept need to be verified by

thorough testing on a prototype.

In conclusion the result of the thesis work is a finished concept of the fixed submerged model

that fulfils the expectations of the commissioner concerning design and function. After finishing

the investigation both concepts are considered to be fully viable.