littoral material data for the coastal sector from Cape Henlopen, Deleware, 

 to Cape Charles, Virginia. 



A comprehensive program has been initiated to develop data on offshore 

 deposits of material along the Atlantic Coast that could be utilized in 

 beach fill or nourishment projects. The study of the offshore deposits is 

 intended to encompass all factors pertinent to the use of such deposits in 

 the beach zone such as location and magnitude of deposit, characteristics 

 of material composing deposit, type of plant needed and economics of trans- 

 ferring material from the deposit zone to points onshore. 



(j) Technical Report No. 4, "Shore Protection Planning and Design" 



The revised edition of Technical Report No. 4 has been published and 

 is available for purchase from the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

 Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. at $3.00 per copy in the United 

 States. (Foreign orders should include $0.75 additional to cover postage). 

 Major revisions and additions involve sections on wave run-up, hurricane 

 waves and surge, design criteria for rubble mound stability, and wave 

 forces on piles. A continuing study is made to improve present chapters 

 of this publication by the obtention, analysis, and review of data and 

 reports on coastal engineering which may be appropriate for inclusion as 

 having application to practical engineering problems. 



(k) Re-examination of Beach Protection Projects. 



A continuing program is being carried out on the re -examination of 

 beach fill and periodic nourishment projects to determine the effectiveness 

 of the fill material within the beach zones, and to better establish the 

 factors upon which the desired characteristics of fill material are based. 

 Continuing studies of other projects constructed following Beach Erosion 

 Control studies are also underway to determine effectiveness of the various 

 structure components. In particular data have been obtained on completed 

 projects at Sea Side Park, Connecticut, and Key West, Florida; sand sample 

 data have also been collected near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, North 

 Carolina, in conjunction with this work. 



Over the past 25 years, many ground level photographs have been taken 

 of beaches on the New Jersey coast. Compilation of this photographic data 

 has been underway and a pictorial history type report is nearing completion. 

 Many of the photographic locations have been re-established, and comparative 

 photos obtained during this year. 



(1) Experimental Studies, Effectiveness of Sand Fences. 



In cooperation with the State of North Carolina and the Wilmington 

 District of the Corps of Engineers, a study has been underway on Core Bank, 

 One of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, on the effectiveness of various 

 types of sand fence in building and stabilizing dunes. A series 



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