CONTENTS 



Page 

 CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 6 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 7 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



II RUNUP CURVES 11 



1. Smooth Structure Fronted by Horizontal Bottom 11 



2. Smooth Structure Fronted by 1 on 10 Bottom Slope 



and Zero Toe' Depth (dg = 0) 11 



3. Smooth Structure Fronted by 1 on 10 Bottom Slope 



and Toe Depth Greater than Zero (d > 0) 11 



III MAXIMUM RUNUP 22 



IV SMOOTH- SLOPE SCALE-EFFECT CORRECTION 24 



V EXAMPLE PROBLEMS 24 



LITERATURE CITED 35 



TABLES 



1 Example runup for T = 7 seconds, constant depth, and 



^%^max = 16 feet 31 



2 Example runup for T = 13 seconds, constant depth, and 



f"oVax = 16 feet 31 



3 Example runup for constant wave steepness, H'/gT^ = 0.0101. ... 33 



4 Summary of maximum runup for different conditions 33 



FIGURES 



1 Definition sketch of variables applicable to wave runup 10 



2 Relative runup for smooth slope on horizontal bottom; 



d„/H' =3 12 



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3 Relative runup for smooth slope on horizontal bottom; 



dg/H^ = 5 13 



4 Relative runup for smooth slope on horizontal bottom; 



^s/% = 8 14 



5 Relative runup for smooth slopes on 1 on 10 bottom; 



dg = 0; d/H^ = 3 15 



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