NEW SOVIET MANUAL ON COASTAL ENGINEERING* 



tnt ". Soviet delegation to the XXth International Navigation Congress, 

 :e, Maryland, presented to the Beach Erosion Board a copy of their 

 ,ianual on coastal engineering, i.e., 'Technical Instructions for 

 ning Effect of Waves on Maritime and River Constructions and 

 - Construction Norm 92-60", dated 21 April 1961, issued by the 

 -ommittee on Structural Works, USSR Council of Ministers, Moscow. 



This manual which apparently supersedes the All-Union State Standard 

 46 appears to be a partial equivalent of the Beach Erosion Board's 

 deal Report No. 4, "Shore Protection Planning and Design". The Soviet 

 il of 132 pages (5x8 inches), 86 graphs and drawings, and 17 tables 

 livided into 7 chapters and 4 supplements (annexes). It presents a 

 t theoretical analysis of wave theory, practical application of con- 

 *tion norms to structures and shores, and examples of computation 

 w.s. The titles of the seven chapters and four supplements (and 

 St of pages involved) are: 





General instructions and definitions. (5 pages) 

 <??■ &, Determination of the parameters of wind waves. (27 pages) 



V 



+1 Determination of the effects of waves on types of structures 

 with vertical (or nearly vertical) walls. (19 pages) 



IV Determination of the effects of waves on sloping structures. 

 (7 pages) 



V Determination of the effects of waves on individual piles 

 and open-work construction. (19 pages) 



VI Determination of the effects of waves on shore protection 

 construction. (8 pages) 



VII Determination of the effects of wake waves on construction 

 protecting canal banks. (3 pages) 



Annex I - Table of approximate maximum fetches (in various 

 areas and reservoirs). (1 short table) 



♦This is the first announcement (in recent years) on foreign coastal 

 engineering publications considered of significant interest to the United 

 States coastal engineering and related research effort. The International 

 Division, Beach Erosion Board, as a part of its basic responsibility, will 

 continue to seek and report on this type of publication which may not be 

 readily available to U. S. personnel. 



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