SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



A a coefficient 



• area of uplifting 



•projected area of body normal to flow direction 



a wave amplitude 



• a coefficient 

 •semimajor axis of ellipse 



•interfocal distance of coordinate ellipses 

 •a distance from the shoreline = (v2 - 1) d s /S 

 •length of building in direction of flow 



a^ variable used in determining movement of the sea surface 



a 1 amplitude of incident tsunami; amplitude in deeper water 



a„ amplitude of tsunami at head of bay or inlet; resonant amplitude 



B mean width of a harbor or inlet 



• a coefficient 



Bj a variable used in determining wave amplitude 



B, width of outer bay or inlet 



B„ width of inner bay or inlet 



b a coefficient 



•width of building transverse to direction of flow 



• semiminor axis of ellipse 



•width of breakwater opening; entrance width of bay, harbor, or inlet 



C wave celerity 



• a coefficient 



Cj) drag coefficient 



C e a Mathieu function 



Cp force coefficient 



Cq group velocity 



C;j Chezy roughness coefficient 



Cy added mass coefficient 



c maximum uplifted elevation 



• a constant 



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