Preface 



This report was authorized as a part of the Civil Works Research and 

 Development Program by Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 (HQUSACE). The work was conducted under Work Unit 32748, "Detached 

 Breakwaters for Shoreline Stabilization," under the Coastal Structure 

 Evaluation and Design Program at the Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC), U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). 

 Messrs. J. H. Lockhart and J. G. Housley were HQUSACE Technical 

 Monitors. 



This report was prepared by Ms. Monica A. Chasten, Coastal 

 Structures and Evaluation Branch (CSEB), CERC, Ms. Julie D. Rosati, 

 Coastal Processes Branch (CPB), CERC, Mr. John W. McCormick, CSEB, 

 CERC, and Dr. Robert E. Randall, Texas A&M University. Mr. Edward T. 

 Fulford of Andrews Miller and Associates, Inc. prepared Appendix A. This 

 report was technically reviewed by Dr. Yen-hsi Chu, Chief, Engineering 

 Applications Unit, CSEB, CERC, Mr. Mark Gravens, CPB, CERC, 

 Dr. Nicholas Kraus, formerly of CERC, and Mr. John P. Ahrens, National 

 Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration. Ms. Kelly Lanier and Ms. Janie Daughtry, CSEB, CERC, 

 assisted with final report preparation. The study was conducted under the 

 general administrative supervision of Dr. Yen-hsi Chu, Ms. Joan Pope, Chief, 

 CSEB, CERC, and Mr. Thomas W. Richardson, Chief, Engineering 

 Development Division, CERC. Director of CERC during the investigation 

 was Dr. James R. Houston, and Assistant Director was Mr. Charles C. 

 Calhoun, Jr. 



Director of WES during publication of this report was Dr. Robert W. 

 Whalin. Commander was COL Bruce K. Howard, EN. 



