TABLE OF CONTENTS 



VOLUME I 



CHAPTER PAGE 



1 INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL ENGINEERING 



1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SHORE PROTECTION MANUAL 1-1 



1.2 THE SHORE ZONE 1-2 



1.3 THE SEA IN MOTION I.5 



1.4 THE BEHAVIOR OF BEACHES I.9 



1.5 EFFECTS OF MAN ON THE SHORE 1.13 



1.6 CONSERVATION OF SAND 1-21 



2 MECHANICS OF WAVE MOTION 



2.1 INTRODUCTION 2-1 



2.2 WAVE MECHANICS 2-1 



2.3 WAVE REFRACTION 2-62 



2.4 WAVE DIFFRACTION 2-79 



2.5 WAVE REFLECTION 2-110 



2.6 BREAKING WAVES 2-120 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2-129 



3 WAVE AND WATER LEVEL PREDICTIONS 



3.1 INTRODUCTION 3-1 



3.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF OCEAN WAVES 3-2 



3.3 WAVE FIELD 3.I5 



3.4 WIND INFORMATION NEEDED FOR WAVE PREDICTION 3-20 



3.5 SIMPLIFIED WAVE-PREDICTION MODELS 3-33 



3.6 WAVE FORECASTING FOR SHALLOW WATER 3-42 



3.7 HURRICANE WAVES 3-52 



3.8 WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS 3-69 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 3-145 



4 LITTORAL PROCESSES 



4.1 INTRODUCTION 4-1 



4.2 LITTORAL MATERIALS 4-11 



4.3 LITTORAL WAVE CONDITIONS 4-27 



4.4 NEARSHORE CURRENTS 4.39 



4.5 LITTORAL TRANSPORT 4.5O 



4.6 ROLE OF FOREDUNES IN SHORE PROCESSES 4-111 



4.7 SEDIMENT BUDGET 4-116 



4.8 ENGINEERING STUDY OF LITTORAL PROCESSES . . . 4-139 

 REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 4-155 



VOLUME II 



5 PLANNING ANALYSIS 



5.1 GENERAL 5-1 



5.2 SEAWALLS, BULKHEADS, AND REVETMETS 5-3 



5.3 PROTECTIVE BEACHES 5-7 



5.4 SAND DUNES 5-21 



5.5 SAND BYPASSING 5-24 



5.6 GROINS 5-31 



5.7 JETTIES 5-46 



5.8 BREAKWATERS-SHORE-CONNECTED 5-49 



5.9 BREAKWATERS-OFFSHORE 5-50 



5.10 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS 5-57 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 5-58 



5 STRUCTURAL FEATURES 



6.1 INTRODUCTION 6-1 



6.2 SEAWALLS, BULKHEADS, AND REVETMENTS 6-1 



6.3 PROTECTIVE BEACHES 6-16 



6.4 SAND DUNES 6-35 



6.5 SAND BYPASSING 6-54 



6.6 GROINS 6-76 



6.7 JETTIES 6-84 



6.8 BREAKWATERS-SHORE-CONNECTED 6-88 



6.9 BREAKWATERS-OFFSHORE 6-96 



6.10 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 6-96 



5.11 MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN PRACTICES 5-98 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 5-101 



7 STRUCTURAL DESIGN-PHYSICAL FACTORS 



7.1 WAVE CHARACTERISTICS 7-1 



7.2 WAVERUNUP, OVERTOPPING, AND TRANSMISSION 7-15 



7.3 WAVE FORCES 7-53 



7.4 VELOCITY FORCES-STABILITY OF CHANNEL REVETMENTS 7-203 



7.5 IMPACT FORCES 7-204 



7.6 ICE FORCES 7-206 



7.7 EARTH FORCES 7-208 



REFERENCES AND SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 7-214 



8 ENGINEERING ANALYSIS-CASE STUDY 



B.l INTRODUCTION 8-1 



a2 DESIGN PROBLEM CLACULATIONS-ARTIFICIAL OFFSHORE ISLAND . . 8-2 



REFERENCES 8-132 



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