Preface 



The model investigation described herein was requested by the U.S. Army 

 Engineer District, Galveston (SWG), in a letter to the U.S. Army Engineer 

 Waterways Experiment Station (WES) in June 1991. Funding authorization 

 was granted by SWG in July 1991. Tests were conducted intermittently 

 between July 1991 and July 1992. 



The study was conducted by personnel of the WES Coastal Engineering 

 Research Center (CERC) under the general direction of Dr. James R. Houston, 

 Director, CERC, and Mr. Charles C. Calhoun, Jr., Assistant Director, CERC. 

 Direct guidance was provided by Messrs. C. E. Chatham, Chief, Wave Dynam- 

 ics Division, and D. Donald Davidson, Chief, Wave Research Branch (WBR). 

 Tests were conducted by Ms. Brenda J. Wright and Messrs. W. G. Dubose and 

 J. M. Heggins, WRB, under the direction of Mr. R. D. Carver, Principal 

 Investigator, WRB. This report was prepared by Ms. Wright and 

 Messrs. Carver, Dubose, and Heggins. The Galveston District Project Manager 

 was Captain R. Schultz. 



At the time of publication of this report, Director of WES was 

 Dr. Robert W. Whalin. Commander was COL Bruce K. Howard, EN. 



