PREFACE 



On November 8-9, 1984, the Floating Tire Breakwater (FTB) Workshop was 

 held in Niagara Falls, New York, under provisions of Work Unit No. 31679, 

 "Design of Floating Breakwaters," Coastal Structure Evaluation and Design 

 Program, Coastal Engineering Area of Civil Works Research and Development. 

 Authority to conduct this program was contained in a letter from the Office, 

 Chief of Engineers (OCE) , US Army, dated 19 May 1972. OCE Technical Moni- 

 tors were Messrs. Bruce L. McCartney, J. H. Lockhart , J. G. Housley, and 

 Jesse A. Pfeiffer, Jr. 



This document is a compilation of the proceedings of the FTB Work- 

 shop, which was cosponsored by the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) 

 of the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) and the Canadian 

 National Water Research Institute (NWRI) . Mr. C. T. Bishop, NWRI, and 

 Mr. D. D. Davidson and Ms. L. L. Broderick, WES, coordinated the Workshop 

 and edited this report. 



This report was prepared under the general direction of Dr. Robert W. 

 Whalin, former Chief, CERC, and Mr. C. C. Calhoun, Jr., Acting Chief, CERC; 

 Mr. C. E. Chatham, Jr., Chief, Wave Dynamics Division, CERC; and Mr. 

 Davidson, Chief, Wave Research Branch. 



At the time of publication of this report, COL Allen F. Grum, USA, 

 was Director of WES, and Dr. Whalin was Technical Director. 



