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SUBJECT INDEX 



Absorption of gas bubbles and droplets In liquids, 



T-108 

 Abstracts of technical literature, need for, T-t8i 

 Acceleration, of towing carriage, 259 

 Acceleration measurements. In high seas, T-26 

 Acceleration pickups, 563 

 Accelerometer, 563; R-l89, R-2k6, R-267; T-141 



Jacklln six-component recording, performance ■ of 

 and specifications for, 6^^■ 



See also other specific gages. 

 Acoustic analyzer, R-62 

 AEG light-flash stroboscope, T-1 90 

 AEG slow-motion camera, T-1 ^9 

 AEG spark-flash apparatus, T-T90 

 Aerial torpedo, Guldonia model basin tests, T-1 96 

 Aeronautics, problems of, T-86 

 Air bubbles, Implosion of, T-IO7 



shape and size In liquids, 727 



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



See also Gas bubbles. 

 Air content, of water, influence on cavitation, 575 

 Air film, to reduce frictlonal resistance, R-131 

 Air purifier, tests on, 37, ^2, 58 

 Air-backed plates, resistance to underwater explo- 

 sions, 6lO, 6n 

 Air-blast gages, R-282 

 Air-bubble generators , R-83 



Air-bubble screen, effect of, on underwater explo- 

 sion pressures, R-177 

 Air-content meter, 5^9 



Aircraft, safety harness for pilots of, 633 

 Aircraft carrier, CVB^+I , vibration data for, 

 full-scale, 690 



JUPITER (LANGLEY, CVl ) , rolling tests on, 

 model, 8, 13 



LANGLEY (CV1 ) , rolling tests on, model, 18 



LANGLEY (CVl ) , wind effects on, model, 109 



MIDWAY (CVBUl ) , vibration data for, full- 

 scale, 690 

 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, 1 26 

 Airplane design 5^^. launching tests of, model, 183 

 Airplane engine, resistance of, model, 45 

 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 

 ALABAMA (BB6o), launching calculations and tests 



for, model, R-27 

 vibration data for, full-scale, 547 

 Alcohol, poljrvinyl, 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 sjrmbols and abbreviations, 61 6 

 American Towing Tank Conference, 1942, 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, 66h 

 Amphibians. See Seaplanes. 

 Amphibious vessels. See also specific type. 

 Amplifier, self -stabilizing, R-78 



stable direct-coupled, 644; R-86 

 Analogues, dynamical. Integration by, R-140 

 Anchor, lightweight, static structural tests 



of, R-349 

 tensile test of, R-188 

 Anchor cable, hydrodynamlc forces on, R-317 

 Anchor design, advances in, T-1 29 

 Anchor lines, model, 550 

 ANDERSON (DD41 1 ) , noise survey of, full-scale, 



R-12 

 Anemometer, hot-wire, for velocity measurements 



In vrater, 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-IO7 

 Astern-fueling floats, model-basin tests of, 



R-366 

 Atlantic Refining Conpany, tanker, model tests of, 



577. 59^ 

 AUK (AM57), launching data for, full-scale, R-50 

 Axial flow, pressure distribution for, T-220 

 Axial loading, of gun foundation, R-1 27 

 Axial vibration, of propulsion systems, full- 

 scale and model, 551 



