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TECHNICAL REPORT CERC-88-5 



APPROXIMATE UPPER LIMIT OF IRREGULAR 

 WAVE RUNUP ON RIPRAP 



by 

 John P. Ahrens, Martha S. Heimbaugh 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers 



PO Box 631, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-0631 



Approved For Public Release; Distribution Unlimited 



Prepared for US Army Engineer District, Detroit 

 PO Box 1027, Detroit, Michigan 48231-1027 



and 



US Army Engineer District, Jacksonville 

 PO Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019 



