APPENDIX F: NOTATION 



C Profile along concrete sidewall of 6-ft flume 



d Sediment mean grain size diameter 



^50 Median grain size 



g Gravitational acceleration 



G Profiles along glass sidewall of 6-ft flume 



h Water depth 



hm Model profile elevation 



hp Prototype profile elevation 



H Wave height 



Hmo Primary energy-based wave height 



Hmono Monochromatic wave height 



Ho Deepwater wave height 



Hrms Root-mean-square wave height 



Hi/3 Significant wave height equal to average of the highest one-third irregular waves 



H/L Wave steepness 



Ho/ Lo Deepwater wave steepness 



Kr Reflection coefficient 



L Local wavelength 



Lo Deepwater wavelength 



m Subcript representing model 



N Prototype-to-model ratio of the subscripted parameter 



Ng Gravity scale 



A^^ Length scale 



Nt Time scale 



N^ Fall speed scale 



TV* Scale based on horizontal velocities 



p Subscript representing prototype 



P Center-line profile 



t Time 



T Wave period 



Umax Maximum orbital water particle velocity near the bed 



[/» Critical velocity for incipient motion of the sediment 



w Fall speed of median grain sediment size 



7 Spectral width parameter 



7/ Immersed specific weight of sediment 



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