TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 VOLUME I 



CHAPTER 

 1 



1.1 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 1.5 

 1.6 



2 



2.1 



2.2 



2.3 



2.4 



2.5 



2.6 



3 



3.1 



3.2 



3.3 



3.4 



3.5 



3.6 



3.7 



3.8 



4 



4.1 



4.2 



4.3 



44 



4.5 



4.6 



4.7 



4.8 



APPENDIX 

 A 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL ENGINEERING 



INTRODUCTION TO THE SHORE PROTECTION MANUAL 1-1 



THE SHORE ZONE 1-2 



THE SEA IN MOTION 1-5 



THE BEHA\10R OF BEACHES 1-9 



EFFECTS OF MAN ON THE SHORE 1-13 



CONSERVATION OF SAND 1-21 



MECHANICS OF WAVE MOTION 



INTRODUCTION 2-1 



WAVE MECHANICS 2-1 



WAVE REFRACTION 2-62 



WAVE DIFFRACTION 2-79 



WAVE REFLECTION 2-110 



BREAKING WAVES 2-120 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2-129 



WAVE AND WATER LEVEL PREDICTIONS 



INTRODUCTION 3-1 



CHARACTERISTICS OF OCEAN WAVES 3-2 



WAVE FIELD 3-15 



WIND INFORMATION NEEDED FOR WAVE PREDICTION 3-20 



SIMPLIFIED WAVE-PREDICTION MODELS 3-33 



WAVE FORECASTING FOR SHALLOW WATER 3-42 



HURRICANE WAVES 3-52 



WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS 3-69 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 3-145 



LITTORAL PROCESSES 



INTRODUCTION 4-1 



LITTORAL MATERIALS 4-11 



LITTORAL WAVE CONDITIONS 4-17 



NEARSHORE CURRENTS 4-39 



LITTORAL TRANSPORT 4-50 



ROLE OF FOREDUNES IN SHORE PROCESSES 4-111 



SEDIMENT BUDGET 4-116 



ENGINEERING STUDY OF LITTORAL PROCESSES 4-139 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 4-135 



VOLUME III 



GLOSSARY OF TERMS A-1 



UST OF SYMBOLS B-1 



MISCELLANEOUS TABLES AND PLATES C-1 



SUBJECT INDEX D-1 



