CONTENTS 



Page 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II EXPERIMENTAL SETUP 7 



1. Wave Tank and Generator 7 



2. Runup Gage 7 



3. Runup Structure 10 



4. Pressure Transducers 10 



III TEST CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES 12 



IV OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS 17 



V RECOMMENDATIONS 20 



1. Runup Gage 20 



2. Data Sample Sizes 20 



3. Pressure Transducers 20 



4. Tank Width and Wave Reflection 23 



5. Secondary Waves 23 



6. Data Analysis and Theoretical Development 23 



VI SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 24 



LITERATURE CITED 25 



TABLES 



1 Runup data by Saville (1956) and Savage (1958) 12 



2 Runup data obtained during the study period 13 



3 Comparison of runup caused by monochromatic and 



irregular waves 14 



4 Comparison of runup of monochromatic and irregular waves .... 16 



5 Pressure data organized by wave conditions 21 



6 Pressure data organized by transducer location 22 



FIGURES 



1 A schematic cross-sectional view of wave tank and runup slope . . 8 



2 A typical section of a wave record with three monochromatic 



components i 9 



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