CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE . 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) 



UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 3 



PART I : INTRODUCTION 4 



Study Background 4 



Site Background 5 



Purpose of the Model Study 8 



PART II : THE MODEL 10 



Scale Selection 10 



Equipment and Facilities 10 



Test Conditions 12 



Model Construction 14 



PART III : WAVE OVERTOPPING INVESTIGATION 16 



Testing Procedures 16 



Riprap Stability 16 



Analysis of Overtopping Parameters and Trends 18 



Seawall Comparisons 23 



Wave Setup and Seich in the Wave Tank 26 



PART IV: WAVE-INDUCED PRESSURES INVESTIGATION 28 



Testing Procedure 29 



Overall Results 30 



Shock Pressures 30 



Surge or Secondary Pressures 33 



Negative Pressures 34 



PART V: CONCLUSIONS 37 



REFERENCES 40 



PHOTOS 1-2 



PLATES 1-63 



APPENDIX A: OVERTOPPING TEST RESULTS Al 



APPENDIX B: COMPARISON OF SEAWALL PERFORMANCE 



AND BEACH EROSION EFFECTS Bl 



APPENDIX C : WAVE SETUP AND SEICHE EFFECTS CI 



Wave Setup CI 



Wave Tank Seiche CI 



APPENDIX D: WAVE PRESSURE TEST RESULTS Dl 



APPENDIX E: NOTATION El 



