SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



d water depth 



dg water depth at toe of structure 



g acceleration of gravity (32.2 feet per second squared or 

 9.81 meters per second squared) 



H wave height 



H^ the deepwater wave height, neglecting refraction, equivalent to 

 the wave height, H, measured in a given water depth 



K shoaling coefficient, H/H' 



k runup scale-effect correction factor 



L wavelength 



L deepwater wavelength; wavelength in water depth, d, such that 

 d/L > 0.5 



Z horizontal length of slope fronting toe of structure 



R runup; the vertical rise of water on structure face resulting 

 from wave action 



T wave period 



3 bottom slope; used for the slope fronting a structure and is 

 different from the structure slope 



Q structure slope; may be beach slope if runup on the beach face 



is being investigated 



