"Progress Reports on Research Sponsored by the Beach Erosion 

 Board" 



Abstracts from progress reports on the several research 

 contracts in force between the Beach Erosion Board and 

 universities or other institutions, and brief statements 

 regarding the status of research projects being prose- 

 cuted in the Board*s own laboratory are presented. 



"Beach Erosion Studies" 



SuDtraary of a completed cooperative study report on the 

 Illinois Shore of Lake Michigan and a listing of coop- 

 erative studies still in progress are presented. 



"Beach Erosion Literature" 



The contents of the Proceedings of the Second Conference 

 on Coastal Engineering, held at Houston, Texas in 

 November 1951, are listed. 



VOLUME 7 - 1953 



ISSUE NO. 1 - 1 January 1953 



II-C "Longshore and Coastal Currents at Scripps Institution Pier" 

 by F. P. Shepard and D. B. Sayner, Scripps Institution of 

 oceanography 



XHurrent direction and velocity were measured at three lo- 

 cations along the 1,000-foot pier at Scripps Institution 

 in La Jolla, California. Measurements were made inside 

 the breakers, just outside the breakers and at the end of 

 the pier, and wind, wave, and weather conditions recorded. 

 The data is analyzed and discussed and relationships 

 between currents inside and outside the breakers estab- 

 lished. 



II-E "Ctoxts and Tables for Determining Surface Stone Sizes for 

 Rubble Mound Structures in Wave Action" by W. H. Vesper 

 and Kenneth Kaplan, Beach Erosion Board 



Application of the Iribarren formula as modified by Hudson 

 to make it dimensionally homogeneous is discussed for both 



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