PREFACE 



The Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) of the U.S. Army Engineer 

 Waterways Experiment Station (WES), and its predecessor, the Beach Erosion Board, 

 has, since 1930, conducted studies on shore processes and methods of shore protection. 

 CERC continues an extensive research and development program to improve both 

 coastal engineering (including shore protection) and offshore engineering techniques. 

 The scientific and engineering aspects of coastal processes and coastal and offshore 

 structures are in the developmental stage, and the requirement for improved techniques 

 for use in design and engineering of coastal structures is evident. This need was met in 

 1954, to the extentof available knowledge, by publication of "Shore Protection, Planning 

 and Design," Technical Report Number 4 (TR 4); revised editions thereof appeared in 

 1957, 1961, and 1966. 



This Shore Protection Manual (SPM), originally published in 1973, incorporated 

 new material with appropriate information extracted from TR 4, and has expanded 

 coverage within the coastal engineering field. Previous revised editions were published 

 in 1975 and 1977. The present edition incorporates substantial revisions to all chapters of 

 the SPM. This edition has been reduced from three volumes to two by moving Chapter 5 

 from Volume II to Volume I and including the appendices within Volume II. 



This edition was prepared under the direction of Dr. Robert W. Whalin, Chief, 

 CERC; Dr. Fred E. Camfield, Acting Chief, Engineering Development Division, and 

 Chief, Coastal Design Branch; Mr. Neill E. Parker, former Chief, Engineering 

 Development Division; Mr. Robert A. Jachowski, former Chief, Coastal Design Branch; 

 and Dr. J. Richard Weggel, former Chief, Coastal Structures and Evaluation Branch. 

 Chapter 1 was revised by Mr. James W. Eckert and Dr. Steven A. Hughes. Revisions to 

 Chapter 2 were prepared by Dr. Fred E. Camfield and Mr. William N. Seelig. Chapter 3 

 was revised by Drs. Jon M. Hubertz, Edward F. Thompson, and C. Linwood Vincent, and 

 Chapter 4 by Mr. William A. Birkemeier, Drs. Robert J. Hallemeier, Robert M. 

 Sorensen, Edward F. Thompson, and Todd L. Walton, Jr., and Mr. Philip Vitale. 

 Revisions to Chapter 5 were prepared by Mr. William Dally, Dr. Richard D. Hobson, Mr. 

 Paul L. Knutsen, and Mr. Philip Vitale, and to Chapter 6 by Mr. James W. Eckert, Dr. 

 Steven A. Hughes, and Mr. Paul L. Knutsen. Chapter 7 was revised by Dr. Fred E. 

 Camfield, Mr. D. D. Davidson, Mr. James W. Eckert, Dr. Steven A. Hughes, Mr. Robert 

 E. Ray, Ms. Debra L. Rouse, Mr. William N. Seelig, Mr. Orson P. Smith, and Dr. J. 

 Richard Weggel. Chapter 8 was revised by Dr. J. Richard Weggel, Dr. Yen-hsi Chu, and 

 Ms. Mary A. Cialone. The present index was prepared by Ms. Alfrieda S. Clark, Ms. 

 Katherine M. Kennedy, and Mr. Paul A. Taccarino, Special Projects Branch, Technical 

 Information Center. Editors for this edition were Ms. Betty Hall, Ms. Mozelle Jones, and 

 Ms. Kathryn B. (Taffy) Stept. Editorial assistance was provided by Ms. Goldie Booth, Ms. 

 Mary Pikul, and Ms. Josephine Head. Typing and composing were done by Ms. Peggy 

 Johnson, Ms. Dorothy T. Lauria, and Ms. Mary L. Logan. 



Commander and Director of WES during final preparation and publication of this 

 edition was COL Tilford C. Creel, CE. Technical Director was Mr. F. R. Brown. 



Comments or suggestions on material in this publication are invited. 



This report is published under authority of Public Law 166, 79th Congress, approved 

 July 31, 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th Congress, approved November 

 7, 1963. 



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