SUBJECT INDEX 



Boundary layer [Continued] 

 of body of revolution, 726 

 of ship models, turbulence In, 662 

 resistance of, 193, 227, 267, 275, 333 

 turbulence In, method of detecting, 662 



Box girders, effective width in, T-50 

 stress on, UUl ; T-28 



Brake, water, type Poettlnger, 711 



Brakes, hydraulic, theory of, 4-82 



Brazilian battleship SAO PAULO, mast vibration 

 on, full-scale, 10 



BRAZOS, natural frequency of, full-scale, 263 



Bridge, resonant, for condenser-type pressure 

 gage, 625 

 resonant, for condenser-type pressure gage. 

 Instruction manual for, 680 



British frictlonal-reslstance coefficients, 

 conversion of, 657 



British method of testing self-propelled 

 models, T-1 27 



Bubble generators, R-83 



Bubbles, cataphoresls of, T-1 37 

 damping effect of, T-1 58 

 industrial uses of, R-83 

 pressure vjaves around, 51? 

 shape and size of in liquids, 727 

 vertical motion of, 510, 727; T-1 32, T-lMS 

 See also Air bubbles; Gas bubbles; Gas globes. 



Buckling, experimental tests in, T-29 

 of compression members, T-30 

 of plates, T-31 , T-32, T-Sk, T-66, T-78 

 of thin plates, T-6U 



Buffers, I82 



Bulkheads, for submarines, model tests on, 28o 



Buonocore propeller, T-1 63 



Buoyancy, reduction of, by submergence, R-I96 

 relative, of various materials, R-1 96 



Buoys, current-Indicator, resistance and stabi- 

 lity tests, model, 667 

 for sono-radlo equipment, model, 550 



BURTON ISLAND (AG88), rolling characteristics 

 of, model, 685 



Cable, anchor, hydrodynamlc forces on, R-31 7 

 for towing, deep-towed body at high speed, 

 theoretical requirements for, 66l 

 fortes in, full-scale, 58^, 589 

 opt imum length of , 71 7 



Cable [Continued] 



resistance of, Ul8, 666 

 tension in, 422, 533, 595, 666 



stranded, hydrodyiiamlc forces on, 71 3 

 Calculated stresses, determination of error in, 60O 

 Calibration, of condenser-type pressure gage, 625 



of gages, 168, 476, 627; R-24U, R-246, R-2i|8, R-269 



of ring dynamometer, 599 



of six-component dynamometer, 692 



of strain indicator, T3rpe 5A, 645 

 Type 13A, 608 



of tiirustmeter, 370 



cf vlbrograph. Mare Island, 6l 2 

 Puget Sound, 693 



of water samplers, 655 

 CALIFORNIA (BBU4) , stability of, model, 121 



turret foundation of, full-scale design, 207 

 Camera, high-speed spark, T-207, T-213 



optographic, use of, T-211 



slow-motion, T-T19 



subsurface, lighting banks for, 688 



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

 Canal, effect of design and dimensions on controlla- 

 bility of ships In, 601 



performance of ships In, 601 

 Canal locks, resistance of ships in, model, 1 89 

 Cargo vessel, emergency, model tests of, 682, 683, 

 684 



See also passenger-cargo vessel. 

 Carrier system, for resonant bridge, 625 



for resonant bridge, instruction manual for, 680 

 Carrier-type strain indicator, lA, 565 



lA, manual for, R-351 



5A, 645 



15K160, 648 

 Catalog. See Index. 

 Catamaran, tests on, model, 354 

 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-1 88 



about a flat plate, T-224 



bibliography of, 712; R-81 ; T-10, T-22, T-1 88 



bilge keel, 371 



critical pressures for inception of, 575 



effect of, on propeller efficiency, T-1 31 



effect of air content of water on, 549, 575 



