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INTRODUCTION .... - 
BACKGROUND .... «© « 
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES 
WAKE SCREEN AND WAKE 
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EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES 
,/DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS 
ACCURACY . . ... -» 
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS . 
LOADING COMPONENTS . 
CENTRIFUGAL AND GRAVITATIONAL LOADS 
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VARIATION OF LOADS WITH ANGULAR POSITION. . . 
EFFECT OF PLATE CLEARANCE 
EFFECT OF ADVANCE COEFFICIENT 
CORRELATION BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS 
THEORETICAL METHODS 
CORRELATIONS IN TANGENTIAL WAKES 
CORRELATIONS IN LONGITUDINAL WAKES 
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... .~ 
REFERENCES ...-. -@ 
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