Baffle blocks

Baffle blocks
The canal spillway of Laguna Diversion Dam uses a baffle chute drop structure to pass water to a lower elevation.

Baffle blocks are concrete structures with different shapes, for example trapezoidal, used in flowing water to reduce its force.[citation needed] They are arranged in several rows in stilling basins. They are used in spillways and dams,[citation needed] in irrigation systems, to protect fishes in rivers with hydrotechnical installations, to improve sediment deposition, as a solution to scouring in hydraulic projects, and in flood control.

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References

  1. 1 2 Abbas, Ali; Alwash, Haider; Mahmood, Ali (2018). Effect of baffle block configurations on characteristics of hydraulic jump in adverse stilling basins (PDF). MATEC Web of Conferences. matec-conferences.org. Vol. 162, art. 03005. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Al-Mansori, Nassrin Jassim Hussien; Alfatlawi, Thair Jabbar Mizhir; Hashim, Khalid S.; Al-Zubaidi, Laith S. (2020). "The Effects of Different Shaped Baffle Blocks on the Energy Dissipation". Civil Engineering Journal. 6 (5): 961–973. doi:10.28991/cej-2020-03091521. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Huang, Juping; Li, Ran; Feng, Jingjie; Li, Zhe; Cheng, Xiaolong; Wang, Zhenhua (2021). "The application of baffle block in mitigating TDGS of dams with different discharge patterns". Ecological Indicators. 133 108418. Bibcode:2021EcInd.13308418H. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108418.
  4. ↑ Aydın, M. Cihan; Ulu, Ali Emre (2018). "Effects of different shaped baffle blocks on the energy dissipation and the downstream scour of a regulator". Journal of Science and Technology. 8 (2): 69–74. Retrieved 30 September 2025.