TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iv 



LIST OF TABLES vi 



NOTATION vlii 



ABSTRACT 1 



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION 1 



INTRODUCTION 2 



PROPELLER DESIGNS 4 



EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE 5 



FACILITY 5 



INSTRUMENTATION 6 



CALIBRATION 8 



EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS 10 



DATA COLLECTION 10 



EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 12 



LOADING CORRECTIONS 12 



MEASURED MEAN PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS 15 



INFLUENCE OF REYNOLDS NUMBER ON MEASURED PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS 19 



POSSIBLE MEASUREMENT ERRORS CAUSING C VARIATION WITH 



REYNOLDS NUMBER P 20 



POSSIBLE REAL FLOW EFFECTS CAUSING C VARIATION WITH 



REYNOLDS NUMBER ? 23 



VARIATION IN PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS OVER A RANGE OF J 25 



ACCURACY OF MEASURED DATA 29 



FLUCTUATING PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS AT DESIGN J 31 



QUASI-STEADY PROCEDURE FOR PREDICTING FLUCTUATING PRESSURE 



DISTRIBUTIONS 32 



CORRELATION OF FIRST HARMONIC PRESSURE COEFFICIENTS WITH THEORY 35 



CORRELATION OF FIRST HARMONIC PHASE ANGLE WITH THEORY 36 



UNSTEADY PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS OVER A RANGE OF J 38 



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