as Technical Memorandums No. 52, 5U, 55, 59, 60, and 70 respectively} 

 an Engineering Division Report "Restudy of Test - Shore Nourishment 

 by Offshore Deposition of Sand, Long Branch, New Jersey" by R. L. 

 Harris was published as Technical Memorandum No. 62. Also a report 

 "North Atlantic Coast Wave Statistics Hindcast by the Wave Spectrum 

 Method" by G. Neumann and R. W. James was published as Technical 

 Memorandum No. 57, resulting from a contract investigation made for 

 the Beach Erosion Board. One additional report "Wave Forces on Piles: 

 A Diffraction Theory" by R. C. MacCamy and R. A. Fuchs was submitted 

 and published as Technical Memorandum No. 69. 



ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLICATION 



Technical Report No. k of the Beach Erosion Board, entitled 

 "Shore Protection Planning and Design", is available to the public. 

 Copies of this publication may be purchased from the Superintendent 

 of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D, C, 

 for $2.25. 



This report presents a compilation of available knowledge 

 useful to engineers concerned with the science of shore protection. 

 The book is divided into two parts, - Functional Planning and Structural 

 Design, and contains six appendices, - Glossary of Terms, List of Common 

 Symbols, Bibliography, Miscellaneous Tables and Graphs, Miscellaneous 

 Derivations, and Example Beach Erosion Control Study. (390 pp. - 

 incl. 187 illus.) 



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