TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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LIST OF FIGURES iv 



LIST OF TABLES v 



ABSTRACT 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES 4 



DYNAMOMETRY 4 



HULL PITCHING AND WAVE SIMULATION 4 



EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES 5 



DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS 7 



ACCURACY 8 



DISCUSSION OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 9 



LOADING COMPONENTS 9 



CENTRIFUGAL AND GRAVITATIONAL LOADS 10 



INFLUENCE OF DYNAMOMETER BOAT 10 



OPERATION IN CALM WATER WITHOUT HULL PITCHING 11 



OPERATION IN CALM WATER WITH HULL PITCHING 13 



Time-Average Loads Per Propeller Revolution 17 



Periodic Loads 17 



Peak Loads 18 



OPERATION IN WAVES WITHOUT HULL PITCHING 19 



Time-Average Loads Per Revolution 23 



Periodic Loads 23 



Peak Loads 24 



OPERATION IN WAVES WITH HULL PITCHING ^ 25 



DISCUSSION 28 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 29 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; 30 



REFERENCES 30 



NOTATION 32 



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