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SUBJECT INDEX 



Vortices, separation of, T-184 



Wake, control of, T-35 



experimental definition of, T-60 

 measurement of, with ship models, T-57, 



T-72 

 of submarine periscope models, R-1 52 

 of torpedo, Mark 13, 583 

 Wake survey, in way of propeller disk on 



twin-screw passenger and trailership, 

 model, 58O 

 War vessels, remodeling of, T-82 

 WASHINGTON (BB56), launching of, model, R-24 



skeg frequency of, full-scale, R-22 

 Water, heating of, by mixing with steam or 

 hot water, 21 9 

 velocity of currents, in basins of Ex- 

 perimental Model Basin, 304 

 Water tunnel, variable-pressure, at Nether- 

 lands Model Basin, T-98 

 Wave, ocean, instrument for measuring and 

 recording, T-153 

 production of, in model tests, T-136 

 Wave destruction, at reflecting wall, 296 

 Wave generator, R-201 

 Wave measurement, in high seas, T-26 

 Wave of translation, in shallow water, 408 

 Wave profiles, delineation of, 535 

 Wave research, by stereophotogrammetry, 



T-204 

 Wavemaker, at Hamburg Model Basin, T-136 

 Weather, reference scales for, R-221 

 Weber's law, in relation to model ship 



tests, T-194 

 Welded joints, tensile tests of, R-347 

 Welding, electric arc, in shipbuilding, 

 T-16 

 of small-scale models, use of Everdur 

 brazing in, R-348 



Welding (Continued) 



of thin metal sheets, method of, T-178, T-187 i 

 toughening process, T-150 

 Welding tests, R-1 23, R-249 

 Welds, off-center, effect on girders, T-93 

 WEST VIRGINIA (BB48), standardization 



trials of, full-scale, 140 

 White-line printing, process of, T-43 

 WICHITA (CA45), noise survey of, full-scale, 



R-1 5 

 Wilhelmshaven Navy Yard, launching of large 



ships at, T-182 

 Wind, correction for, in standardization trial 

 data, full-scale, 317 

 effect of, on CLAIRTON, model, 334 

 on cruisers, model, 276 

 on HAMILTON (DDl4l), model, 312 

 on SALINAS (A019), model, 345 

 on SANTA ROSA, model, 362 

 on ship trials, full-scale, 264 

 inclining moment of, on patrol boats, model, 



15 

 reference scales for, R-221 

 Wind deflector, for pilot-house windows, 199 

 Wind gage, for ship speed trials, 282 

 Wind rotors, propulsion by, 108 

 Wind tunnel, construction of, 1 66 



high-velocity, jet drive for, T-219 

 Wire, change of resistance in, R-212; T-183 



hot, for velocity measurements in water, 592 

 Wire-resistance strain gage, 278; R-212, R-213. 



R-254; T-164, T-183 

 WOLF, elasticity measurements on, full-scale, 



T-45 

 WORDEN (DD352), standardization trials of, 

 full-scale and model, 403 



Yangtze River vessels, model tests of, 586 



