SPECIAL. ISSUE No. I - July 1948 



Oscillatory Waves - Diagrams and Tables of Relationships Commonly 

 Used in Investigations of Surface Waves 



A compilation of data assembled to provide easy accessibility to 

 the various functions that are used most frequently in investigations 

 involving surface wave phenomena. These diagrams and tables were 

 later included in Technical Report No. 4. 



Volume 2, No. 4 - October 1948 



Federal Responsibilities in Shore Protection 



Extracts from a lecture by Donald F. Norton at the Engineer 

 School, Fort Bel voir, Virginia. Federal Beach Erosion Laws are 

 presented and discussed. 



An Elementary Discussion of Tides, Currents, and Wave Action in 

 Beach Erosion 



This extract from a lecture by Joseph I^. Caldwell at the Engineer 

 School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, includes a brief general discussion 

 of tidal phenomena, and wave generation and propagation in shallow 

 coastal waters. 



Volume 3, No. I - January 1949 



A Formula for the Calculation of Rock Fill Dikes 



An English translation of a paper by Ramon Iribarren Cavanilles 

 (in Spanish) in which a formula is developed for determining stable 

 rock sizes and side slopes for rock structures exposed to wave 

 action. 



Volume 5, No. 2 - Apri 1 1949 



Sand Movement Study at Long Branch, New Jersey 



Summary of a report on actual field tests to determine feasibil- 

 ity of using material dredged by hopper dredges from coastal harbors 

 to nourish nearby beaches. About 600,000 cubic yards of material 

 dumped offshore from Long Branch, New Jersey, was studied to trace " 

 its movement. About 125,000 cubic yards of this material was eroded 

 from the dumped pile between April and October 1948, but there was 

 no indication that this material moved shoreward in significant 

 quantity to nourish the beach. 



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