EM 1110-2-1100 (Part II)
30 Apr 02
EW
Average daily wave energy flux per unit width of wave crest, offshore of the site of
interest (Equation II-6-39)
f
Darcy - Weisbach friction term
f
Dimensionless parameter that is a function of the hydraulic radius R and Manning's
roughness coefficient n (Equation II-6-16)
F
Inlet impedance (Equation II-6-17) [dimensionless]
Filling index (Equation II-6-37)
FI
g
h
Inlet channel water surface elevation [length]
HA
Wave height entering inlet [length]
Average wave height for the ith day of the year [length]
Hi
K
Keulegan repletion coefficient [dimensionless]
K
Keulegan's dimensionless coefficient of repletion or filling (Equation II-6-4)
K1 , K2
coefficient (Equation II-6-7) [dimensionless]
ken , kex
Inlet entrance and exit energy loss coefficient [dimensionless]
L
Inlet length [length]
Lb
Distance from a inlet to the farthest pint in the bay [length]
Lmw
Oceanside inlet channel length [length]
m
Bank slope [length-rise/length-run]
Total annual littoral drift [length3/year]
M
n
Manning's roughness coeeficient
n
Total number of days during the year
-O
The subscript 0 denotes deepwater conditions
Tidal prism filling the bay (Equation II-6-12) [length3]
P
Inlet discharge [length3/time]
Q
Total volume of alongshore sediment transport to the inlet each year [length3]
Qg
Littoral transport occurring on day i (Equation II-6-34) [length3]
Qi
Maximum instantaneous ebb tide discharge per unit width [length3/time-length]
qmax
River or freshwater inflow to a bay [length3/time]
Qr
Qr!
King's dimensionless variable (Equation II-6-19)
Hydrodynamics of Tidal Inlets
II-6-71
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