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REPORT DATE 



December 1996 



REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED 



Final report 



TITLE AND SUBTITLE 



Wave Response of Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii 



6. AUTHOR(S) 



Edward F. Thompson, Lori L. Hadley, Willie Ann Brandon, 

 David D. McGehee, Jon M. Hubertz 



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7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESSES) 

 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station 

 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 



PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 

 REPORT NUMBER 



Technical Report CERC-96-1 1 



SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 

 U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean 

 Building 230 

 FLShafter,HI 96858-5440 



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 AGENCY REPORT NUMBER 



11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



Available from National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161 . 



12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 



Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 



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1 3. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) 



Present and projected commercial activities in Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii, indicate that new berths for barge and passenger 

 ship operations will be needed. Deepening of the main harbor areas from 35 ft to 38 ft is also anticipated. The U.S. Army 

 Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean, in coordination with the Harbors Division, Department of Transportation, State of Hawaii, 

 requested field wave measurements and numerical (computer) model studies in support of long-term planning. Field 

 measurements were collected over a period of 18 months at a deepwater directional buoy, a directional array outside the harbor, 

 and four gages inside the harbor. The numerical model, validated with field measurements for short waves (wind waves and 

 swell) and long waves (harbor oscillations), was used to evaluate the technical feasibility of 1 1 alternative modifications to the 

 harbor. Model results were compared to experience in the existing harbor and to general criteria for operational acceptability. A 

 physical model study is recommended as a final phase of developing harbor modification plans. 



14. SUBJECT TERMS 

 Harbor resonance 



Kahului Harbor 



Numerical modeling 



Prototype wave data 

 Wind waves and swell 



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224 



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