CONTENTS 



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CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC 7 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 8 



I INTRODUCTION 9 



II LITERATURE REVIEW 9 



III SOURCES OF DATA H 



1. Laboratory Tests Conducted by Authors H 



2. Other Laboratory Tests Used 17 



3. Prototype Data Used ' 17 



IV TEST RESULTS AND PREDICTION TECHNIQUES FOR MONOCHROMATIC WAVES . 17 



1. Monochromatic Wave Crest Elevations 1° 



2. Crest Elevation Prediction Aids 18 



3. Relative Crest Duration for Monochromatic Waves 24 



V TEST RESULTS AND PREDICTION TECHNIQUES FOR IRREGULAR WAVES ... 24 



1. Irregular Wave Crest Elevations 30 



2. Crest Elevation Prediction Aids ^0 



3. The Duration of Irregular Wave Crests 44 



VI COMPARISON OF RESULTS FOR PROTOTYPE DATA ^^ 



1. Field Conditions ^^ 



2. Prototype Verification ^^ 



VII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS '^9 



LITERATURE CITED 50 



APPENDIX 



A MONOCHROMATIC TESTS RESULTS 51 



B IRREGULAR WAVE CREST ELEVATIONS 56 



C IRREGULAR WAVE CREST DURATIONS 60 



D IRREGULAR WAVE DATA FOR SHOALING CONDITIONS 64 



E CNOIDAL WAVE TESTS RESULTS 72 



F ESTIMATING THE WAVE CREST ELEVATION AT BREAKING 



ON A PLANE SLOPE. 73 



TABLES 



1 Summary of CERC laboratory test data 15 



2 Values of the empirical coefficients A2 and A3 for predicting 



relative crest 20 



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