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REPORT DATE 



March 1995 



REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED 



Final report 



TITLE AND SUBTITLE 



Physical Model Study of Revere Beach, Massachusetts 



AUTHOR(S) 



Donald L. Ward 



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U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 

 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 

 REPORT NUMBER 

 Technical Report CERC-95-2 



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U.S. Army Engineer Division, New England 

 424 Trapelo Road 

 Waltham.MA 02254-9149 



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Available from National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 . 



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Physical model studies were conducted in 2-D wave flumes to determine overtopping rates for existing and proposed structures 

 along Revere Beach, Massachusetts, during design storm events. Results of the physical model studies were used in regression 

 analysis to develop simple nondimensional equations relating overtopping rates to incident wave conditions and structure design 

 along various reaches of the beach. Total volume overtopping in the physical model was compared to prototype data for a known 

 storm event to verify the model. Overtopping rates were then determined for the existing seawall using bathymetries surveyed both 

 before and after a 1 99 1 beachfill project. The effectiveness of a proposed dike shoreward of the seawall was also measured in the 

 physical model. 



14. SUBJECT TERMS 



Coastal flooding 



Dike 



Overtopping 



Regression analysis 



Revere Beach, Massachusetts 



Seawall 



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69 



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