SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 



B crest width 



dg water depth (feet) 



^ 



water depth at the base of the vertical face of a composite 

 structure 



U^ incident wave height (feet) 



Hju transmitted wave height (feet) 



(h - dg) freeboard (total height of structure - Stillwater depth) (feet) 



L incident wavelength (feet) 



T wave period (seconds) 



a dimensionless parameter 



3 dimensionless parameter 



