CONTENTS 



Page 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 7 



I INTRODUCTION H 



II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON EQUILIBRIUM PROFILES AND BEACH 



MODELING LAWS 13 



1. Hydrodynamic Conditions 13 



2. Beach Profile Parameters 15 



3. Dimensional Analysis 16 



4. Empirical Modeling Law Based on Beach Profile 



Similarity 21 



5. Comparison of Model Laws 22 



III EXPERIMENTAL DATA 22 



1. Experimental Apparatus and Procedures 22 



2. Results 26 



IV DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 26 



1. Effects of Size Distribution 26 



2. Effects of Grain Shape 39 



3. Effects of Channel (Test Repeatability) 46 



4. Experimental Evaluation of Proposed Model Law of 



Noda 51 



■ V COMPARISON WITH OTHER PROFILES 53 



VI CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 63 



1. Conclusions 63 



2. Recommendations 65 



LITERATURE CITED. ... 66 



APPENDIX 



A MATERIALS USED IN TESTS 69 



B TABULATED ORIGINAL DATA 75 



C GRAPHS OF TEST RESULTS 168 



TABLES 



1 Summary and comparison of model laws 24 



2 Summary log of test runs 27 



3 Summary of experiments 29 



4 Effects of size distribution on profile shape 30 



