Template, Refraction 2-68 



Terms, Glossary A-1 



Tetrapod (precast armor unit) . . 5-50, 6-90, 7-170, 7-182, 



7-183, 7-185, 7-192, 7-196, 8-68, 8-71 



Theories (wave) (see also Wave theories) 



regions of validity 7-81 



Tidal current 1-9, 3-70, 4-5, 4-43, 8-21, A-9 



Tidal inlet A-38 



Tidal period 1-5, A-38 



Tidal wave (see Tide; Tsunami) A-39 



Tide 



astronomical 1-5, 3-69, 3-70, 8-18 



defined A-39, A-53 



diurnal A-10, A-39 



mean tide level A-22 



mixed A-23 



neap A-23 



ranges, U.S. coasts 3-74 



spring A-36 



storm (see Storm surge) 

 Tide-generated currents . . . 1-9, 3-70, 4-5, 4-43, 8-21, A-9 



Timber groin 6-76 



Timber sheet-pile bulkhead 6-6, 6-9 



u 



Unified soil classification 4-14, A-35 



Unit weight (see also Mass density; Specific gravity) 



concrete 7-179, 8-67 



littoral material 4-19 



--V 



Variability (waves) 3-5, A-41 



Vegetation 



beach 4-5, 6-43 



dune construction 6-43 



dune stabilization 6-37, 6-43 



Velocity 



fall velocity (sediment) 4-81 



group (airy waves) 2-24, A-15 



wave 2-7, 2-37, A-43, C-30, C-33 



--W 



Waikiki Beach, Hawaii 4-90 



Wallops Island, Virginia 6-77 



WaUs 



breaking wave forces 7-145, 7-146, 7-152 



Minikin Theory 7-146 



nonbreaking wave forces 7-127, 7-139, 7-142 



Miche-Rundgren Theory 7-127, 7-128 



wave forces 



incident wave angle 7-164 



wave reflection 2-113 



Walls (nonvertical) 



wave forces 7-164 



Water level fluctuations (see also Sea level changes) . 3-69 



Waukegan, Ilhnois 4-90 



Wave 



Airy Theory 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 2-34, 4-40 



energy 2-27 



energy transmission 2-31 



group velocity 2-24 



profile 2-8, 2-10 



Toe protection 7-201 



Toledo, Ohio 3-140, 3-141 



Tombolo 4-142, 4-144, 5-55, 5-56, A-39 



Total energy 2-27 



oscillatory wave 2-27 



Tracers (sediment) 4-18, 4-150 



artificial 4-1 51 



flourescent 4-151 



radioactive 4-151 



natural 4-120 



Transitional zone (transitional water) 2-9, A-40 



Translatory wave 2-4, A-43 



Transmission (wave) 7-52 



Transmission coefficient 2-110, 7-53 



Transport, httoral (see Littoral transport) 

 Transport, longshore (see Longshore transport) 

 Transport (wind) (see Sand movement (wind)) 



Transverse forces 7-95 



Travel time (swell) 3-42, 3-45 



Tribar (precast armor unit) 5-50, 6-91, 7-170, 7-182, 



7-183, 7-187, 7-192, 7-196, 8-68, 8-70 



Trochoidal Wave Theory 2-3, A-40 



Tropical storm 3-83 



Tsunami 1-7, 3-69, 3-70, 3-71, 4-39, A-32, A-40 



Unit weight— Continued 



littoral materials (immersed) 4-102 



rock 8-77 



water 7-137, 7-203 



UpUft forces 7-213 



Velocity— Continued 



wave group 2-24, A-15 



wind 3-20, 3-29, C44 



Velocity forces 7-203 



Venice, California 5-56, 6-%, 6-97 



offshore breakwater 5-56 



Ventura, California 4-151, 5-51, 6-59, 6-69, 7-192 



Virginia Beach, Virginia .4-34, 6-7, 6-16, 6-20, 6-21, 6-54 

 Viscosity (water) (see Kinematic viscosity) 



Wave— Continued 



angular frequency 2-9, 3-33 



breaker (see Breaking wave) 



capillary 2-5, A-5 



celerity A-6, C-30, C-33 



Airy Theory 2-7 



Sohtary Theory 2-60 



Stokes Theory 2-37 



characteristics 1-8 



clapotis (see also Seiche ; Standing wave) 2-4 



cUmate (see Wave climate) 



Cnoidal Theory 2-2, 2-3, 2-47, A-6 



complex 2-4 



crest height (above SWL) 7-71 



Cycloidal Theory (see also Wave, Trochoidal Theory) 



A-9 



decay 1-7, 3-17, 3-42, 3-52, A-10 



deep water (defined) 2-9, A-10 



deepwater prediction 3-33 



design 7-2 



selection factors . 4-29,4-30,7-3,7-177,7-201,8-63 



D-12 



