{{Short description|Fluid controlling structure}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} thumb|right|Baffle blocks [[File:LagunaDiversionDam01.jpg|thumb|right|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,<ref name="m">{{cite conference |url=https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2018/21/matecconf_bcee32018_03005.pdf |title=Effect of baffle block configurations on characteristics of hydraulic jump in adverse stilling basins |first1=Ali |last1=Abbas |first2=Haider |last2=Alwash |first3=Ali |last3=Mahmood |conference=MATEC Web of Conferences |volume=162 |article-number=03005 |year=2018 |website=matec-conferences.org |access-date=2025-09-30}}</ref> used in flowing water to reduce its force.{{cn|date=November 2024}} They are arranged in several rows in stilling basins.<ref name="m" /> They are used in spillways and dams,{{cn|date=November 2024}} in irrigation systems,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.civilejournal.org/index.php/cej/article/view/2055 |doi=10.28991/cej-2020-03091521 |title=The Effects of Different Shaped Baffle Blocks on the Energy Dissipation |date=2020 |last1=Al-Mansori |first1=Nassrin Jassim Hussien |last2=Alfatlawi |first2=Thair Jabbar Mizhir |last3=Hashim |first3=Khalid S. |last4=Al-Zubaidi |first4=Laith S. |journal=Civil Engineering Journal |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=961–973 |access-date=2025-09-30}}</ref> to protect fishes in rivers with hydrotechnical installations,<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108418 |title=The application of baffle block in mitigating TDGS of dams with different discharge patterns |date=2021 |last1=Huang |first1=Juping |last2=Li |first2=Ran |last3=Feng |first3=Jingjie |last4=Li |first4=Zhe |last5=Cheng |first5=Xiaolong |last6=Wang |first6=Zhenhua |journal=Ecological Indicators |volume=133 |article-number=108418 |bibcode=2021EcInd.13308418H |doi-access=free}}</ref> to improve sediment deposition, as a solution to scouring in hydraulic projects,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aydın |first1=M. Cihan |last2=Ulu |first2=Ali Emre |date=2018 |title=Effects of different shaped baffle blocks on the energy dissipation and the downstream scour of a regulator |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/603023 |journal=Journal of Science and Technology |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=69–74 |access-date=2025-09-30}}</ref> and in flood control.
==See also== * Slosh baffle
==References== {{Reflist}}
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