Definition 



Dimension 



Example Units 



Metric 



English 



Maximum bottom velocity (eq. 4-18) 



Velocity 



# Maximum velocity of tidal cur- 

 rents in midchannel (eq. 7-128) 



#Volume transport parallel to 

 shore (y component) (eq. 3-77) 



• A volume (eq. 2-65) 



Instantaneous average velocity 

 of tidal current in inlet 

 (Fig. 4-7A) 



• Volume of secondary cover layer 

 of revetment 



Average local channel velocity 

 in the vertical 



Volume of sand stored in ebb- 

 tidal delta (eq. 4-71) 



Volume of core in a rubble 

 structure 



Storm center velocity 



Fall velocity of particles in 

 water column 



Fall velocity of a sphere 



Fall velocity of a concentrated 

 suspension of spheres 



Average longshore current due to 

 breaking waves (eq. 4-51) 



Maximum velocity during a tidal 

 cycle (eq. 4-64) 



Dimensionless maximum channel 

 velocity during tidal cycle 

 (eq. 4-64) 



Volume of rock in secondary cover 

 layer of revetment 



Horizontal (y) component of local 

 fluid velocity (water particle 

 velocity) (eq. 3-79) 



• Longshore current velocity 



• Fluid kinematic viscosity 



Velocity of broken wave water 

 mass at structure located land- 

 ward of SWL (eq. 7-103) 



L/T 



L/T 



L/T 



L^/TL 

 LVL 



L/T 

 l3 



L/T 



L/T 

 L/T 



2 

 L/T 



L/T 



m/s 



ra/s, km/hr 



m/s 



m_/s-m 



m /m of crest 



width 



m/s 



3 

 m 



m/s 



m/s 



m/s 



2, 

 m /s 



m/s 



ft/s 



knots, mi/hr, ft/s 

 ft/s 



mi„/hr-mi 



ft /ft of crest 



width 



ft/s 

 ft^ 



ft/s 



ft^/in. 



ff" 



knots, mi/hr 



ft/s 

 ft/s 



ft/s 



ft/s 



ft/s 



ft 



ft/s 

 ft/s 



ft^/s 



ft/s 



(Continued) 



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