Accession Number:

AD0669585

Title:

SHIP WAVES AT RECREATIONAL BEACHES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Johnson,J. W.

Report Date:

1968-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

The report data provide some measure of the heights of waves resulting from the passage of typical ships moving at various speeds near sloping shorelines. The magnitude of such waves when ships travel at relatively high speeds obviously may create hazardous conditions to unobserving users of the shoreline. Floating equipment and docks along a shoreline also are subject to damage. Author

Descriptors:

• (*WATER WAVES
• SHIPS)
• (*BEACHES
• WATER WAVES)
• (*RECREATION
• *SAFETY)
• (*SWIMMING
• HAZARDS)
• CARGO SHIPS
• DAMAGE
• VELOCITY
• HYDRODYNAMICS
• RIVERS
• LAKES
• DROWNING

Subject Categories:

• Sociology and Law
• Marine Engineering
• Safety Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE