CONTENTS 



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CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC CSI) 8 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 9 



I INTRODUCTION 11 



1. Context of Study 11 



2. Test Situations and Water Level Records.. 11 



3. Record Analysis and Data Displays 18 



II PHOTOS OF HIGH WAVES AT PILES 20 



1. Circular Pile 20 



2. Circular and Finned Circular Piles 25 



3. H-Pile with Deep Channels 31 



4. Conclusions 35 



III MEASURED PEAK WATER PATTERNS 38 



1. Circular Piles 38 



2. Other Piles 45 



3. Conclusions 59 



IV EXTRAPOLATION OF THE LABORATORY RESULTS 60 



1. Effects of Pile Confinement 60 



2. Inaccuracies in Modeling the Prototype 61 



3. Conclusions 63 



V COASTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 63 



VI CONCLUSIONS 64 



LITERATURE CITED 69 



APPENDIX 



A WAVE-GAGING TECHNIQUES 73 



B TEST WAVE CHARACTERISTICS 82 



C PEAK WATER DATA FOR SINGLE PILES IN SINGLE WAVE TRAIN. . . 93 



D OTHER TEST DATA 167 



E KEY TO REPORTED DATA 184 



TABLES 



1 Test conditions and measurements in laboratory studies 



of wave interaction with vertical surface-piercing piles. ... 14 



