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SUBJECT INDEX 



Battleship (Continued) 



WASHINGTON (BB56), retardation after launch- 

 ing, model, R-24 

 vibrations of, full-scale, R-22 

 WEST VIRGINIA (BB48), standardization trials 

 of, full-scale, 140 



Battleship hull, proposed, rolling of, 374 



Beams, deformation of, 529 



elastically clamped, vibration of, R-279 

 See also Girders. 



Bearings, propeller shaft, coefficient of 

 friction for, 360 



Bellevue gage, 278 



Bending load, ship models under, 298 



Bethlehem Steel Company, model tests of 

 single-screw tanker for, 646 



Betz-Prandtl vortex theory of screw propeller, 

 T-1 5 



Bibliographies, annotated, need for, T-l8l 



Bilge, effect on roll damping, model, 442 



Bilge keels, cavitation on, model, 371 

 effect of, in model tests, 6 



BLACK FALCON, standardization trials on, full- 

 scale, 344 



Blast load, response to, 572 



Blast pressure, measurement of, R-282 



Blast tests, on hatch seal locks, T-1 91 



Blasting, shock waves produced by, T-102 



Bodies having specified critical cavitation 

 numbers, development of, 647 



Body ( of revolution, as form for displacement 

 float, 573 

 designations of, T-220 



Boeing amphibian hull, tests for, model, 159 



Boiler construction code, A.S.M.E., 329 



Boiler heads, stresses in, T-143 



Bomb, effect of, on reinforced concrete, T-1 65 



Bossings, effect on steering, model, 331 



effect on turning, full-scale and model, 397, 

 403 



Bottom, double, effective width in, T-50 

 ships', fouling of, 398 



Boundary layer, resistance of, 193, 227, 267, 

 275, 333 



Box girders, stress on, 441 ; T-28 



Brakes, hydraulic, theory of, 482 



Brazilian battleship SAO PAULO, mast vibration 

 on, full-scale, 10 



BRAZOS, natural frequency of, full-scale, 263 

 British method of testing self-propelled models, 



T-127 

 Bubble generators, R-83 

 Bubbles, damping effect of, T-1 58 



industrial uses of, R-83 



pressure waves around, 517 



vertical motion of, 510; T-132, T-137, T-146 



See also Air bubbles; Gas bubbles; Gas globes. 

 Buckling, experimental tests in, T-29 



of compression members, T-30 



of plates, T-31, T-J2, T-78 

 Buffers, 482 



Bulkheads, for submarines, model tests on, 280 

 Buonocore propeller, T-1 63 

 Buoyancy, reduction of, by submergence, R-196 



relative, of various materials, R-196 

 Buoys, for sono-radio equipment, model, 550 



Cable, anchor, hydrodynamic forces on, R-317 



for towing, forces in, full-scale, 584, 589 

 resistance of, 41 8 

 tension in, 422, 533 

 Calibration, of gages, 468, 476; R-244, R-246, 

 R-248, R-269 



of thrustmeter, 370 

 CALIFORNIA (BB44) , stability of, model, 121 



turret foundation of, full-scale design, 207 

 Camera, high-speed spark, T-207, T-213 



slow-motion, T-1 49 

 Canal locks, resistance of ships in, model, 1 89 

 Carrier-type strain indicator, 565 

 Catamaran, tests on, model, 354 

 Catamaran float arrangement, model, R-251 , R-340 

 Catapult, airplane, speed meter for, 126 

 Catapult test, 77, 78 



Cavitation, 110, 277, 5" , 527; T-21, T-22, T-36 

 T-89, T-1 88 



bibliography of, R-8l ; T-10, T-22, T-188 



bilge keel, 371 



effect of, on propeller efficiency, T-1 31 



effect of air content of water on, 549 



erosion by, T-1 33 



generation of, T-10 



in relation to propeller design, T-l8, T-23, 

 T-24 



in water, investigation of, T-20 



on parallel cylinders, 485 



