CONTENTS 



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CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II ESTIMATION OF TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS 7 



III ESTIMATION OF WAVE RUNUP 8 



IV EXAMPLE PROBLEMS 9 



V SUMMARY 10 



LITERATURE CITED 12 



TABLES 



1 Empirical wave runup prediction coefficients for smooth 



impermeable slopes 8 



2 Rough slope empirical runup coefficients for breakwaters with 



1.25 < cot 6 5.0 ... 9 



FIGURES 



1 Wave transmission by overtopping of an impermeable breakwater 7 



2 Predicted transmitted wave heights for Example 2 11 



