SUBJECT INDEX 



ABSORPTION of gas bubbles and droplets in 



liquids, T-108 

 Abstracts of technical literature, need for, 



T-l8l 

 Acceleration, of towing carriage, 259 

 Acceleration measurements, in high seas, T-26 

 Acceleration pickups, 563 



Accelerometer, 563; R-1 89, R-246, R-267; T-1 41 

 evaluation for shock tests, 720 

 Jacklin six-component recording, performance 



of and specifications for, 6l 4 

 See also other specific gages. 

 Acoustic analyzer, R-62 

 AEG- light-flash stroboscope, T-190 

 AEG slow-motion camera, T-1 49 

 AEG spark-flash apparatus, T-190 

 Aerial torpedo, Guidonia model basin tests, 



T-196 

 Aeronautics, problems of, T-86 

 Air bubbles, implosion of, T-107 

 shape and size in liquids, 7 2 7 

 speed of rise in liquids, 727; T-1 32 

 See also Gas bubbles. 

 Air content, of water, influence dn cavitation, 



575. 770 

 Air film, to reduce frictional resistance, R-1 31 

 Air purifier, tests on, 37, 42, 58 

 Air-backed plates, resistance to underwater 



explosions, 6l0, 6l 1 

 Air-blast gages, R-282 

 Air-bubble generators, R-83 

 Air-bubble screen, effect of, on underwater 



explosion pressures, R-1 77 

 Air-content meter, 5^9 



Aircraft, safety harness for pilots of, 633 

 Aircraft carrier, JUPITER (LANGLEY, CV1 ) , 

 rolling tests on, model, 8, 13 

 LANGLEY (CVH), rolling tests on, model, 18 

 wind effects on, model, 109 

 Aircraft rescue boat, Hacker form, model tests 

 of, 776 

 90-foot, model tests of, 769, 782 

 Airflow, about airfoil, photographs of, model, 



557 

 over bridge of minesweeper, model, R-209 

 Airfoil, NACA 23015, photographs of air flow, 



model, 557 

 Airfoils, theory of, T-27 



Airplane catapult, speed meter for, 126 

 Airplane design 54, launching tests of, model, 



183 

 Airplane engine, resistance of, model, 4-5 

 Airplane floats, model, 222 



type of step in, model, 438 

 Airplane hulls, pressure distribution on, full- 

 scale, T-1 

 AKA prototype, 528-foot vessel, model tests of, 



701, 735, 735A, 735B 

 ALABAMA (BB60), launching calculations and 



tests for, model, R-27 

 vibration data for, full-scale, 547 

 Alcohol, polyvinyl, sensitization of, for 



printing plates, T-1 79 

 American Shipbuilding Corporation, ore carrier, 



model tests of, 671 

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 



boiler construction code, 329 

 American Standard symbols and abbreviations, 



6l6 

 American Towing Tank Conference, 19^2, R-72 

 1950, reports for, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 



732 

 liberty-ship series, towing tests of, model, 



615 

 Amphibian hull, Boeing, model tests for, 159 

 Amphibian tractor (LVT), fatigue test of 



grousers of, 664 

 Amphibians. See Seaplanes. 

 Amphibious vessels. See specific type. 

 Amplifier, self -stabilizing, R-78 



stable direct -coupled, 644; R-86 

 Analogues, dynamical, integration by, R-1 40 

 Anchor, lightweight, static structural tests 



of, R-349 

 tensile test of, R-1 88 

 Anchor cable, hydrodynamic forces on, R-317 

 Anchor design, advances in, T-1 29 

 Anchor lines, model, 550 

 ANDERSON (DD411 ) , noise survey of, full-scale, 



R-1 2 

 Anemometer, hot-wire, for velocity measurements 



In water, 592 

 recording, for ship speed trials, 282 

 Aquaflow hull, comparative tests of, model, 669 

 Armor, resistance of, 24, 463 

 Armor plate, projectile impact on, T-1 07 



