105 



SUBJECT IMDEX 



Water [Continued] 



projectiles fired through, T-I07 

 velocity of currents. In basins of Experimen- 

 tal Model Basin, 30H- 

 Water brake, type "Foettinger," 711 

 Water samplers, calibration of, 655 

 Water tunnel, 12-inch variable-pressure, propeller 

 testing procedure, 505 

 variable-pressure, at Netherlands Model Basin, 

 .T-98 

 Waterproofing, neoprene , method of applying to 



strain gages, 627 

 Wave, ocean. Instrument for measuring and 

 recording, T-153 

 ocean, loading of a ship in, T-11 

 production of, in model tests, T-136 

 Wave destruction, at reflecting wall, 296 

 Wave generator, R-201 



Wave measurement, in high seas, 1-26, T-204- 

 Wave of translation, in shallow water, U08 

 Wave profiles, delineation of, 535 

 Wave research, by stereophotogrammetry, T-20U 

 Wave resistance, analysis of, 71O 



on immersed bodies of revolution, T-23'J- 

 Wavemaker, at Hamburg Model Basin, T-136 

 Wax models, manufacture of at TMB, 728 

 Weapon A. See Ex-1 rocket. 

 Weather, reference scales for, I!- 221 

 Weber's law, In relation to model ship 



tests, T-194 

 Wedge gage, for measuring bending, T-211 

 Welded Joints, deformation in, T-47 



tensile tests of, R-3^7 

 Welding, electric arc, in shipbuilding, T-1 6 

 of small-scale models, R-3'J-7 



use of Everdur brazing In, R-3'J-8 

 of thin metal sheets, method of, T-1 78, T-1 87 

 toughening process, T-I50 

 Welding tests, 6U-2; R-123. R-2lf9 

 Welds, off-center, effect on girders, T-93 

 WEST VIRGINIA (BBl+8), standardization trials 



of, full-scale, lUO 

 White-line printing, process of, T-43 

 WICHITA (CAI15), noise survey of, full-scale, R-I5 

 Wllhelmshaven Navy Yard, launching of large 



ships at, T-1 82 

 Wind, correction for, in standardization 

 trial data, full-scale, 317 

 effect of, on CLAIRTON, model, 33'+ 



Wind [Continued] 



effect of, on cruisers, model, 276 

 on HAMILTON (DD1 41 ) , model , 31 2 

 on SALINAS {AOI9), model, 3^+5 

 on SANTA ROSA, model, 362 

 on ship trials, full-scale, 26h 

 Inclining moment of, on patrol boats, model, 15 

 reference scales for, R-221 

 Wind deflector, for pilot-house windows, 1 99 

 Wind gage, for ship speed trials, 282 

 Wind rotors, propulsion by, 108 

 Wind tunnel, construction of, 1 66 



high-velocity. Jet drive for, T-21 9 

 Wire, change of resistance in, R-212; T-1 83 

 cut by projectiles, T-I07 



hot, for velocity measurements in water, 592 

 Wire-resistance strain gage. See Strain gage, 



wire-resistance . 

 WOLF, elasticity measurements on, full-scale, T-I15 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, current - 

 Indicator buoy, resistance and stability 

 tests, model, 667 

 WORDEN (DD352), standardization trials of, full- 

 scale and model, il03 



Yangtze River vessels, model tests of, 586 

 YP vessels. See Patrol vessels. 



