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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2003
Leslie J. Hanna, Arvada, CO (US);
Brent W. Mefford, Lakewood, CO (US);
Leslie J. Hanna, Arvada, CO (US);
Brent W. Mefford, Lakewood, CO (US);
United States of America Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A baffle apparatus and method for directing fluid flow to reduce damage to an energy dissipating basin that includes an inlet, an outlet, a floor, a sidewall that extends upward from an edge of the floor, and an opposing sidewall that extends upward from an opposing edge of the floor defining a basin interior with a basin span between the sidewall and the opposing sidewall. The baffle apparatus includes a deflector structure that is generally planar and is fixedly or adjustably positioned substantially transverse to a downstream direction flow in the basin, the deflector structure spanning between the sidewall and the opposing sidewall above the floor. Also included, is a retaining structure for fixedly or adjustably positioning and securing the deflector structure to the sidewall. The deflector structure directs flow in the basin to flow in a downstream direction from a reverse upstream direction adjacent to the basin floor.