OVERTOPPING MANUAL

An overtopping manual largely based on European research, but for worldwide application... The Overtopping Manual incorporates new techniques to predict wave overtopping at seawalls, flood embankments, breakwaters and other shoreline structures. The manual includes case studies and example calculations. The manual is intended to assist coastal engineers analyse overtopping performance of most types of sea defence found around the world. The methods in the manual can be used for current performance assessments and for longer-term design calculations. The manual defines types of structure, provides definitions for parameters, and gives guidance on how results should be interpreted. A chapter on hazards gives guidance on tolerable discharges and overtopping processes, including videos on overtopping discharges. Further discussion identifies the different methods available for assessing overtopping, such as empirical, physical and numerical techniques... With the first manual in 2007 an..