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I. REPORT NUMBER 



SR-6 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



TSUNAMI ENGINEERING 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Special Report 



S. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBEH 



7. AUTHORfs; 



Frederick E. Camfield 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfe) 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army- 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center (CEREN-CD) 

 Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



F31234 



It. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army- 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



12. REPORT DATE 



February 19 1 



13. NUMBER OF PAGES 



222 



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IS. SECURITY CLASS, (of this report) 



UNCLASSIFIED 



16. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of this Report) 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



17. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (of the abstract entered In Block 20, it different from Report) 



18. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse aide if necessary and identify by block number) 



Coastal engineering Mathematical models 



Coastal structures Seismic safety 



Edge waves Tsunamis 



Flood frequencies Water waves 



20. ABSTRACT fCbnt&nie em revere* sftftt ft mtceaaary and. Identify by block number; 



This report provides a source of state-of-the-art information on tsunami 

 engineering. The report summarizes available information, identifies gaps in 

 existing knowledge, and discusses methods of predicting tsunami flooding. The 

 generating mechanisms of tsunamis and the method of determining the probability 

 of occurrence are given. 



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