CONTENTS 



Page 



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



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



II DEFINITION OF TERMS 9 



III TIDAL INLET HYDRAULICS 9 



IV INLET CHANNEL STABILITY 16 



V EXAMPLE DESIGN PROBLEM 18 



VI SUMMARY 19 



TABLE 



Inlet stability equations 16 



FIGURES 



1 Sea-inlet-bay system 10 



2 Dimensionless maximum velocity versus K, and K 12 



3 Ratio of bay to sea tidal amplitude versus K and K . . . . 13 



4 Bay tidal phase lag versus K^ and K 14 



5 Channel stability analysis 20 



