Fi*ogi*aiii Deseriplion 



Program Title lO^A Depth-Limited Design Breaking Wave Height at Structure 



u^r i?t"^ ' °- 5/81 



W.A. Birkemeier 



Address ^^^^ Field Research Facility 



City Kitty Hawk ^'^'® North Carolina Zip Code 27949 



Program Description, Equations, Variables, etc 



This algorithm computes the depth- limited breaking wave height at a struc- 

 ture for design purposes. It can be used in lieu of Figure 7-4 of the Shore 

 Protection Manual. The equation for the curves in Figure 7-4 is not given 

 in the SPM but can be found by simultaneous solution of SPM equations 

 (2-91), (2-92), (2-93), (7-3), and (7-4). Input is wave period, T, and 

 water depth at the structure toe, dg. The development of the equation is 

 derived on the solution sheet included with program 104R. Algorithm uses: 

 English or metric system of units. 



REFERENCE 



U.S. ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER, Shore 

 Protection Manual, 3d ed.. Vols. I and II, Chs. 2 and 7, Stock No. 008- 

 022-00113-1, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1977. 



Operating Limits and Warnings 



104A-1 



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