CONTENTS 



Page 



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



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II PREDICTION OF THE DESIGN SIGNIFICANT WAVE RUNUP 7 



III ESTIMATING THE RUNUP DISTRIBUTION 8 



IV EXAMPLE DESIGN PROBLEMS 8 



V SUMMARY 13 



LITERATURE CITED 14 



TABLE 



Values of r for various slope characteristics 9 



FIGURE 



Relative runup, Rp/Rg, or relative wave height, Hp/H s , as a 



function of the probability of exceedance, p 10 



