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INDEX 



Baffle, effect of 22, 28, 



Bernoulli pressure 



Breaking-edge 



Page 



69, 75 



. . 17 



. . 80 



Cavitation 10, 15, 38-43, 48-52 



and similitude l6 



conditions for 15 



theory of 79-86 



Closing-edge 82 



Compliance time 6, 12 



Damage, factors determining 55 



Damping time 6 



Deflection of a diaphragm 



Case 1 46 



Case 2 48 



Case 2a 50 



Case 3 52 



elastic 45 



non-compresslve 52 



with cavitation 10, 48-52 



without cavitation 9, '*6 



Diaphragm 



analysis of data 60 



deflection formulas 44-54 



motion of 21, 37. 67 



photographs of 30 



with no baffle 23, 75 



(See Proportionally constrained plate) 



Diffraction 7. 21 



Diffraction time 7, 12 



Energy of waves 13 



in non-compresslve action 14 



Exponential forcing of harmonic system . . 53 



Fluid on both sides of plate 78 



Free surface of liquid 24, 67 



issuing from a hole 31 , 7"* 



Hooke's law in water 17. 91 



Impulse per unit area 25, 4l 



Impulsive effects 34, 36, 78 



Page 



Loading by liquid 29, 74 



Local action, case of 13 



Hodugno gages, deflection of 55, 58 



Momentum of waves 13 



Non-compresslve action .... 14, 29, 52, 73 

 reduction to . . .15, 32, 35, 37, 43, 75-78 



One-dimensional case .... 3, 67, 7, Pig- 5 



Plane target, theory of 19 



Plane wave Incident on a plate ... 3, 67-69 



Plate, see Diaphragm 



Pressure 



In shock wave 2 



on infinite plane 19. 65 



relief 20, 26, 66, 78 



Proportionally constrained plate . . 26, 29-34 



41-43, 52 



initial motion of 78 



non-compresslve motion of 73 



theory of 70-78 



with no baffle 75 



Reduction principle 32, 75 



examples of 35, 37, '*3 



Reflection of waves 18, 88 



Shock wave 



Incident on a plate 3 



time constant of 12 



Swing time 9, 12, 43, 86 



Times, characteristic 12 



Velocity of a plate, maximum 5 



streak photograph showing 10 



Water, adiabatlc for 91 



