PREFACE 



The work described herein was authorized as a part of the Civil Works 

 Research and Development Program by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) . 

 Work was performed under the Surf Zone Sediment Transport Processes Work Unit 

 34321 which is part of the Shore Protection and Restoration Program at the 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) at the US Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station (WES). Messrs. John H. Lockhart, Jr., James E. Crews, 

 Charles W. Hummer, and John G. Housley are USACE Technical Monitors. Dr. 

 Charles L. Vincent is Program Manager for the Shore Protection and Restoration 

 Program at CERC. 



This study was performed and the report prepared over the period 

 1 January 1986 through 30 November 1988 by Ms. Julie Dean Rosati , Hydraulic 

 Engineer, Coastal Structures and Evaluation Branch (CD-S), Engineering 

 Development Division (CD), CERC, and Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus , Senior Scientist, 

 Research Division (CR), CERC. The content of this report is substantially the 

 same as the thesis submitted to Mississippi State University by Ms. Rosati in 

 partial fulfillment of the requirements for an M.S. degree in civil 

 engineering. Dr. Kraus was the WES thesis advisor. 



This study was under general administrative supervision of Dr. James R. 

 Houston and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Chief and Assistant Chief, CERC, 

 respectively; and under direct supervision of Mr. Thomas A. Richardson, Chief, 

 CD, Mr. H. Lee Butler, Chief, CR, and Ms. Joan Pope, Chief, CD-S, CERC. 



Dr. Kraus was Principal Investigator of Work Unit 34321 during the major 

 portion of the study. Ms. Kathryn J. Gingerich, Coastal Processes Branch 

 (CR-P), CR, was Principal Investigator during publication of this report and 

 provided review and technical editing. Ms. Carolyn J. Dickson (CR-P) assisted 

 in formatting and production of the final manuscript. Mr. Bruce A. Ebersole 

 was Chief, CR-P. This report was edited by Ms. Shirley A. J. Hanshaw, 

 Information Products Division, Information Technology Laboratory, WES. 



Commander and Director of WES during report publication was COL Larry 

 B. Fulton, EN. Dr. Robert W. Whalin was Technical Director. 



