CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) 



UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS 3 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 4 



Prototype 4 



Existing Breakwaters 4 



Problem 6 



Purpose of Study 6 



PART II: MODEL 8 



Model Design 8 



Test Facilities and Equipment 9 



Test Procedures 10 



Method of Constructing Test Sections 12 



Method of Determining Damage 12 



PART III: TEST RESULTS 14 



Introduction 14 



Plan 1 14 



Plan 2 18 



Plan 3 22 



Transmission Test 28 



Plan 4 29 



Plan 5 31 



Overtopping 34 



Summary of Test Results 35 



PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 38 



REFERENCES 39 



PHOTOS 1-33 



APPENDIX A: WAVE TRANSMISSION PLOTS Al 



APPENDIX B: NOTATION Bl 



