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SUBJECT INDEX 



Calibration [Continued] 

 of ring dynamometer, 599 

 of six-component dynamometer, 692 

 of strain indicator, Type 5A, 645 



Type 13A, 608 

 of thrustmeter, 370 

 of vibrograph, Mare Island, 61 2 



Puget Sound, 693 

 of water samplers, 655 

 CALIFORNIA (BB44) , stability of, model, 121 



turret foundation of, full-scale design, 207 

 Camera, high-speed spark, T-207, T-21 3 

 optographic, use of, T-211 

 slow-motion, T-149 

 subsurface, lighting banks for, 688 

 twenty-lens high-speed motion-picture, R-345 

 Canadian Vickers Limited, ferry, 450-foot twin- 

 screw, model tests of, 737 

 Canal, effect of design and dimensions on 

 controllability of ships in, 601 

 performance of ships in, 601 

 Canal locks, resistance of ships in, model, 189 

 Capacitance, measurements of minute changes 



in, 626 

 Cargo vessel, emergency, model tests of, 682, 

 683, 684, 775 

 See also passenger-cargo vessel. 

 Cargo vessel (fast), Geo. G. Sharp design 



V-2248, model tests of, 759 

 Carrier system, for resonant bridge, 625 



for resonant bridge, instruction manual for, 

 680 

 Carrier-type strain indicator, 1A, 565 

 1A, manual for, R-351 

 5A, 645 

 T5Kl6o, 648 

 Catalog. See Index. 

 Catamaran, tests on, model, 35^ 

 Catamaran float arrangement, model, R-251 , 



R-340 

 Catapult, airplane, speed meter for, 126 

 Catapult test, 77, 78 



Cavitation, 110, 277, 511, 527; T-21 , T-22, 

 T-36, T-89, T-188 

 about a flat plate, T-224 



bibliography of, 712; R-8l ; T-10, T-22, T-l88 

 bilge keel, 371 

 critical pressures for inception of, 575 > 770 



Cavitation [Continued] 



effect of, on propeller efficiency, T-131 

 effect of air content of water on, 5^9 > 575> 



770 

 erosion by, T-133 

 generation of, T-10 

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



T-24, T-230 

 in water, investigation of, T-20 

 influence of Reynolds number on, T-233 

 mechanism of, 712 

 on parallel cylinders, 485 

 on propellers, T-9, T-25, T-46, T-71 , T-230 



comparative tests, 732 

 on turbines, pumps, and propellers, T-71 

 prevention of, 71 2 

 steady-state, 668 

 survey of inf ormat ion on , 7T 2 

 theory for determining extent of, T-224 

 with underwater explosions, 520 

 Cavitation method, for development of forms 

 with specified critical cavitation 

 numbers, 647, 668 

 Cavitation number, definition of, 647 

 Cavitation tank, at Hamburg Model Basin, T-14 



at Netherlands Model Basin, T-98 

 Cellulose hydrolyzers, torque converter for, 



590, 591 

 Cement, for mounting strain gages, R-213 



See also Mortar. 

 Charcoal, resistance of, to flow of air, 58 

 CHARLES R. WARE (DD865), hull pressure measure- 

 ments, 753 

 Chronograph, TMB, operating and service manual 



for, 763 

 Cinematography, spark, T-107 



See also Photography. 

 Cladded and uncladded joints, tensile strength 



of, 642 

 CLAIRTON, in restricted channels, model, 46o 

 in shallow water, model, 41 4 

 standardization trial data for, full-scale, 



317 

 wind effects on, model, 334 

 Coast Guard Cutter, P0NTCHARTRAIN (WPG70), hull 



vibrations of, R-294 

 Coast Guard Cutter 96-98, Ice Breaker. See Ice 

 Breaker (AGB1-2). 



