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TECHNICAL REPORT CERC-88-1 



COASTAL ENGINEERING STUDIES IN SUPPORT 



OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, BEACH 



EROSION CONTROL AND HURRICANE 



PROTECTION PROJECT 



Report 1 



PHYSICAL MODEL TESTS OF IRREGULAR WAVE 

 OVERTOPPING AND PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS 



by 



Martha S. Heimbaugh, Peter J. Grace, John P. Ahrens 

 D. Donald Davidson 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



Waterways Experinnent Station, Corps of Engineers 



PC Box 631, Vicl<sburg, Mis8iSfippi~~S'9T8D-0631 



March 1988 

 Report 1 of a Series 



Approved For Public Release; Distribution Unlimited 



Prepared for US Army Engineer District, Norfolk 

 Norfolk, Virginia 23510-1096 



Under Intra-Army Order No. AD-86-3018 



