CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) .... 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS , . . . . 6 



I INTRODUCTION » 7 



II PREDICTING INLET HYDRAULICS 7 



1. Systems Modeled with Computer Program 7 



2. Procedures for Use o£ Computer Program 7 



III EXM4PLES OF COMPUTER PROGRAM PREDICTION 11 



1. Cabin Point Creek, Virginia o <, . . . 11 



2. Pentwater Inlet, Michigan 15 



IV SUMMARY o 19 



APPENDIX COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION (INLET) o . . . 21 



TABLE 



Predicted Cabin Point Creek hydraulics 13 



FIGURES 



1 Inlet-bay system. . . » 8 



2 Cabin Point Creek, Virginia 12 



3 Cabin Point Creek cross-section 12 



4 Cabin Point Creek sea and bay levels ' 14 



5 Pentwater Inlet, Michigan „ . o . . . » » . 16 



6 Pentwater Inlet model prediction of monochromatic forcing ... 17 



7 Pentwater Inlet model calibration , 18 



8 Predicted Pentwater Inlet velocities, discharge, and bay 



levels, and relative magnitude of terms in the equation 



of motion 20 



