been made with an offshore barrier with top elevations at or slightly be- 

 low the still water level. These tests indicate considerably higher wave 

 set-up, the presence of the barrier sometimes doubling the set-up at the 

 shore line. However, these tests involved a barrier across the entire 

 width of the wave tank, and so did not permit any lateral flow out of the 

 area of increased water level, as would probably occur in nature. Conse- 

 quently, this indicated barrier effect is possibly considerably exaggerated, 



VIII. Publications 



Technical Memoranda published by the Board during fiscal years 1960 

 and 1961 are listed below. Copies can be furnished on request to persons 

 within the United States to the extent of a limited printing. 



T.M. No. Title and Date 



F.Y. 1960 



*116 On the Theory of the Highest Waves, July 1959. 

 117 The Damping of Oscillatory Waves by Laminar Boundary Layers, 



August 1959. 

 *118 Wave Variability and Wave Spectra for Wind-Generated Gravity 



Waves, August 1959. 



*Now out of print. 

 F.Y. 1961 



119 Sand Movement by Wind Action (On Characteristics of Sand Traps), 



August 1960. 



120 The Prediction of Hurricane Storm-Tides in New York Bay, 



August 1960. 

 120-A Discussion of Technical Memorandum No. 120 (and Closure by Author), 

 April 1961. 



121 Development and Tests of a Radioactive Sediment Density Probe, 



September 1960. 



122 Effects of Reefs and Bottom Slopes on Wind Set-up in Shallow Water, 



November 1960. 



123 Transient Wind Tides in Shallow Water, January 1961. 



124 Experimental Study on the Solitary Wave Reflection Along a Straight 



Sloped Wall at Oblique Angle of Incidence, March 1961. 



125 On the Description of Short-Crested Waves, March 1961. 



Material covered by the Technical Memoranda listed abow is briefly 

 described in the foregoing paragraphs (1 to VII) Research Progress or in 

 the section on Research Progress in volume 14, July 1960, of the Annual 

 Bulletin of the Beach Erosion Board. 



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