CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 1 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 



CONVERSION FACTORS, NON-SI TO SI (METRIC) 



UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 6 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 7 



Background 7 



Purpose 7 



PART II: THE CIP NUMERICAL MODELING SYSTEM 10 



Numerical Modeling 10 



Computational Grids 11 



The Tidal Simulation Model, WIFM 15 



The Wave Model, RCPWAVE 21 



The Wave-Induced Current Model, CURRENT 31 



The Sediment Transport Model 35 



PART III: VERIFICATION AND BASE CONDITION TESTS 44 



Tides 44 



Waves and Wave-Induced Currents 50 



Sediment Transport 59 



PART IV: PLAN CONDITION TESTS 68 



Plan 1 68 



Computational Grid 68 



Tides 70 



Sediment Transport 71 



PART V: MODELING LIMITATIONS 74 



PART VI: RECOMMENDATIONS 77 



Advance Maintenance Dredging 77 



Future Testing 79 



PART VII: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 80 



REFERENCES 82 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 85 



TABLES 1-5 

 PLATES 1-23 



APPENDIX A: NOTATION Al 



APPENDIX B: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Bl 



