SUBJECT INDEX 



BAGLEY (DD386), noise survey on, full-scale, 

 R-h, R-8 



service strain on, full-scale, '+67 



strain measurements on, full-scale, R-6 

 Ball-crusher gages, calibration of copper balls 



for, R-2'IO 

 Ballistics, piezoelectric measuring methods In, 



T-T20 

 Balsa wood, reduction In buoyancy when submerged 



deeply In water, R-196 

 Bank suction, on ships In canals, 6oi 

 Barges, model tests for, 1 9*+ 

 Battleship, ALABAMA (BB6o), launching calcula- 

 tions and tests for, model, R-27 



BBlJ-9-54, rolling tests on, model, 6 



BB57-60, vibration In propelling machinery, 5U7 



BB61-66, axial vibration of propulsion systems 

 of, full-scale and model, 55T 



Brazilian, SAO PAULO, mast vibration on, full- 

 scale, 10 



CALIFORNIA (BBl^'^■) , stability model of, 121 

 turret foundation of, full-scale design, 207 



COLORADO (BB45), standardization trials of, 

 full-scale, lUO 



CONNECTICUT (BBI8), towing of, full-scale, 7I 



DELAWARE (BB28) , propeller data for, model, 66 



design for, model tests of, 273 



IOWA (BB6i ) , axial vibration of propulsion 

 system of, full-scale, 551 



MARYLAND {SBU-6) , standardization trials of, 

 full-scale, 140 



NEW JERSEY (BB62), axial vibration of propul- 

 sion system of, full-scale, 551 



NEW MEXICO (BBl+O), speed and power data, 

 full-scale and model, R-1 39 



NORTH CAROLINA (BB55), propelling machinery, 

 vibration in, full-scale, 518 

 retardation after launching, model, R-24- 



propellers of, model, 4-28 



SAO PAULO, mast vibration on, full-scale, 10 



SCHARNHORST, launching data for, full-scale 

 and model, T-100, T-I05 



SOUTH DAKOTA (BB57) , vibration data for, 

 full-scale, 547 



TIRPITZ, launching data for, model, T-100 



WASHINGTON (BB56), retardation after launching, 

 model, R-211 

 vibrations of, full-scale, 518; R-22 



WEST VIRGINIA (BB48), standardization trials 

 of, full-scale, 1^+0 



Battleship hull, proposed, rolling of, 374- 

 Battleships, modifications to, resistance and ' 



propulsion effects of, model, 429 

 Beacon, NAJ , design and development of, 659 

 Beams, curved, stress distribution in, T-228 



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 

 Bending measurements, on aircraft, T-211 j 



on ships, T-2n 

 Bethlehem Steel Co. , passenger-cargo vessel, twln- 

 screvj, model tests of, 'J^^■ 



passenger ship, twin-screw, model tests of, 602 



tanker, single-screw, model tests of, 646 

 Betz-Prandtl vortex theory of screw propeller, T-I5 

 Bibliography, of cavitation, R-81 

 Bibliographies, annotated, need for, T-181 

 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 9T 

 Blasting, shock waves produced by, T-102 

 Bodies having specified critical cavitation 



numbers, development of, 647, 668 

 Body of revolution, as form for displacement 

 float, 573 



boundary layer and drag of, 726 



designations of, T-220 



immersed, wave resistance of, T-234 



mathematical definition of, 719 

 Boeing amphibian hull, tests for, model, I59 

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

 Boiler heads, stresses in, T-143 

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



techniques for, T-215 

 Bosslngs, effect on steering, model, 331 



effect on turning, full-scale and model, 397. ^^3 

 Bottom, double, effective width in, T-50 



ships', fouling of, 398 

 Boundary layer, effect of turbulence stimulators 

 on, 724 



