APPENDIX A: NOTATION 



A Empirical coefficient 



Aj Tombolo area 



d Depth at structure 



dg Depth at gap between adjacent breakwater segments 



dgg Depth at annual seaward limit of littoral zone 



D50 Mean grain size of material in project area 



g Acceleration of gravity (9.81 m/sec^) 



i/g Deepwater wave height exceeded 12 hr/year 



i/g Wave height at breakwater gap 



H^ Design deepwater wave height 



I Beach slope 



Is Beach response index 



Kq Diffraction coefficient 



L Wavelength at structure 



Lg Alongshore distance between adjacent salients 



Ljj Alongshore distance between centers of adjacent breakwater 

 segments 



L^ Alongshore salient width, measured at original shoreline 



Lg Gap distance between adjacent breakwater segments 



Lq Deepwater wavelength corresponding to Hg and T 



Lp Alongshore project length (length of shoreline to be protected) 



Lg Breakwater segment length 



Lj Tombolo length in alongshore direction, measured at structure 



Q Quantity of sediment in project area 



Qjj Quantity of sediment deposited to the lee of breakwater segment 



Qg Quantity of sediment deposited to lee of breakwater gap 



Q^ Quantity of beach fill placed in project area 



Qq Quantity of sediment at final equilibrium state 



R Correlation coefficient 



S Ratio of sediment to fluid density (2.65) 



Sp Maximum stable beach- fill surface area 



t Elapsed time 



r Wave period corresponding to H^ 



Al 



