PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with an analy- 

 sis of wave runup on structures and beaches. The report uses results 

 from extensive literature on monochromatic wave testing. The method of 

 data presentation in this study is consistent with that used in the Shore 

 Protection Manual (SPM) (U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineer- 

 ing Research Center, 1977). The work was carried out under the coastal 

 construction program of the U.S. Army, Coastal Engineering Research 

 Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Philip N. Stoa, Oceanographer, under the 

 general supervision of R.A. Jachowski, Chief, Coastal Design Criteria 

 Branch. 



Comments on this report are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 

 88th Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



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JOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



