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Delta Flume is a 300 meter long man-made 
flume
A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...
with a wave generator that is capable of producing waves as tall as five meters, the world's largest artificial wave
Artificial waves are human-made waves usually created on a specially designed surface or in a pool.
Making waves
{{Further, Mechanical wave
Surface waves can be created by any moving object displacing fluid: turbine blades, paddles, a hand, a ...
s. It is located at the Deltares Research Institute outside the city of Delft, Netherlands
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. It is used to simulate forces generated by natural waves in order to test materials used in the construction of dykes. Especially for testing the effect of vegetation the full scale testing is essential.
See also
O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory is a research facility in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Operated by Oregon State University’s Coastal & Ocean Engineering Program within the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineer ...
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