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APPENDIX B. SYMBOLS AND NOTATION
A - characteristic length
A - wavenumber along the axis of a “snake” wavemaker
P
dynamic coefficient of viscosity
V - kinematic coefficient of viscosity
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- surf similarity parameter (Irribarren number) based on L
characteristic linear dimension of armor unit surface
roughness
- - surf similarity parameter (Irribarren number) based on Lo
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n,
lb
-
n5fc
mathematical Pi [= 3.14159...]
set of hydrodynamic dimensionless numbers
- ith dimensionless “pi term”
- set of sediment transport dimensionless numbers
- set of breaking zone sediment transport
dimensionless numbers
n5o
-
ns,
-
set of sediment transport dimensionless numbers
- set of sediment transport dimensionless numbers
p -
p' -
Pa -
Pd -
Ps -
P> -
Pw
Pw
Pv
- mass density or fluid density
immersed sediment relative density
mass density of armor units
- mass density of hotter thermal discharge
mass density of armor stone material
mass density of sediment
mass density of water
mass density of cooler ambient fluid
mass density of the vertical wall
a
surface tension coefficient
cr - circular or radian wave frequency