CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II DETERMINATION OF BREAKWATER WIDTH 7 



III DETERMINATION OF MOORING LOADS 9 



IV SELECTION OF A MOORING SYSTEM 9 



1. Selection of the Mooring Line and Hardware 9 



2. Selection of the Anchor 13 



V EXAMPLE PROBLEM 17 



VI SUMMARY 20 



LITERATURE CITED 21 



TABLE 



Values of n^ 14 



FIGURES 



1 Section of assembled breakwater composed of individual 



modules 8 



2 Relationship between wave period, wavelength, and water depth . 



10 



3 Design curve for predicting the transmission coefficient 



knowing the W/L ratio 11 



4 Design curve for predicting mooring loads per foot of 



breakwater length for a given incident wave height 12 



5 Failure modes for a short-rigid pile in cohesionless soil .... 15 



6 Failure mode for a short-rigid pile in cohesive soil 16 



