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• Levy, Joseph and Price, Donald A., Jr. (2019) Free-Body Modeling of the Stability and Control of Submarines. Volume I - Text. Volume II - Figures
• Franz, Ron and Arndt, Norbert (2018) Measurements of Hydrodynamic Forces on a Two-Dimensional Impeller and a Modified Centrifugal Pump; 10.7907/tp3x-2c41
• Burgers, J. M. (2018) On Turbulent Fluid Motion
• Waid, R. L. (2016) Water Tunnel Investigation of Two-Dimensional Cavities; 10.7907/Z9SJ1HJM
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, H. L. (2015) 3.5" Rotating Rockets with Various Afterbodies
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the Hydrobomb
• Knapp, Robert T. and Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Hydrodynamics Characteristics of the 500 Pound T16 S. P. Bomb
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the MK 25 Torpedo with Gas Exhaust through a Vertical Fin
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 4.5" Rocket Projectile with Three Different Fin Tails and One Ring Type Tail
• Knapp, Robert T. and Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Flow Around XBT2D Airplane with a 2,000 Pound G.P. Bomb
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) MK25 Torpedo Exhaust Gas Investigation
• Knapp, Robert T. and Levy, Joseph (2015) Pressure Distribution Measurements on the Mark 25 Torpedo
• Knapp, Robert T.; Daily, James W.; et el. (2015) Cavitation Noise from Underwater Projectiles
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the British Squid Projectile Type “C”
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the M7, 2.36" A.T. Rocket
• O’Neill, J. P. (2015) The Hydrodynamics of the Free-Surface Water Tunnel
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, H. L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 7.2 Chemical Rocket
• Knapp, Robert T. and Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Force Tests of the United Shoe Machinery Corp. No. 8 Hydrobomb
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) MK. 25 Torpedo with Various Exhaust Pipes
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Memorandum on Water Tunnel Tests of a 2.37" Rocket Projectile with Collapsible Type Tails
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the MK13 Torpedo with Spade and Stabilizer Ring Noses
• Knapp, Robert T. and Peabody, Robert M. (2015) Underwater Characteristics of Projectile 61.04
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the M-6, 2.36" A. T. Rocket with Five Designs of Shroud Tail
• Meijer, M. C. (2015) A Summary of Experiments on Non-Steady Cavitation: Performed at the Shipbuilding Laboratory of the Technological University of Delft, Netherlands
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, H. L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the British “Squid” Projectile Type “C” with Two Alternate Flat Noses
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Measurements of the High Frequency Noise Produced by Cavitating Projectiles in the High Speed Water Tunnel
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 2.37 Rocket Projectile
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the M6, 2.36" A.T. Rocket
• Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the 12.75 Inch Type X10 Antisubmarine Rocket
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the MK 25 Torpedo with Gas Exhaust Through a Horizontal Pipe
• Knapp, Robert T. and Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the MK25 Torpedo with Expanding Exhaust Pipe
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Entrance and Cavitation Bubbles
• Schiff, Leonard I. (2015) Air Bubble Breakwater
• Peabody, Robert M. (2015) Force and Cavitation Tests of the MK-26 Torpedo
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 60mm. Mortar Projectile
• Levy, Joseph and Kaye, John (2015) Effect of Atmospheric Pressure on Entry Behavior of Models of Mark 13-6 Torpedo with Standard Head (Head F) and One Finer Head (Head I)
• Levy, Joseph (2015) Pressure Distribution Measurements on the MK 13-1, 13-2, and 13-2A Torpedoes
• Brown, F. Barton (2015) Optimum Slenderness Ratio of a Stable Low-Drag Body
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Nose Cavitation Ogives and Sphereogives
• Kaye, John (2015) Cavity Flow Drag on Spinning Projectiles
• Levy, Joseph (2015) Underwater Performance Characteristics of the MK 13-2A Torpedo with Suspension Fittings
• Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Hydrodynamic Characteristics of the 7.2-inch Antisubmarine Rocket
• Beveridge, John H. (2015) Pump Performance of the Mark 40 Pumpjet
• Levy, Joseph (2015) Pressure Distribution Measurements on the MK 14-1 and MK 15-1 Torpedoes
• Carr, John H. (2015) Mobile Breakwater Studies
• Michelson, Irving (2015) Theoretical Considerations on Turbulent Diffusion and Sedimentation
• Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Force Tests of MK 13-1 Torpedo with Suspension Bands
• Levy, Joseph (2015) Pressure Distribution on the MK-13 Series Torpedoes with Shroud Ring Tails
• Dolittle, Harold L. (2015) Tests of the An-Mark 53 Aircraft Depth Bomb
• Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) MK 13-1 Torpedo with Various Noses
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 15 cm. German Spinner Rocket
• Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Tests of Four Models of the 5" SSR Rotating Rocket
• Peabody, Robert M. (2015) Force and Cavitation Tests Westinghouse Hydrobomb
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Drag Tests of the British Squid
• Doolittle, Harold L. (2015) Tests of the 5" HVAR Projectile with Fin and Ring Tails
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Force Tests of the Squid with New Afterbody, Tails and Noses
• Peabody, Robert M. (2015) Force Tests of Concrete Practice Bombs M38A2 Practice Bomb AN-M43 G.P. 500LB. Bomb AN-M56 L.C. 4000LB. Bomb
• Robison, Gerald B. (2015) Force Tests of the 4.5" Rocket, T38E3
• Vanoni, Vito A.; Hsu, En-Yun; et el. (2015) Progress Report on Dynamics of Particulate Matter in Fluid Suspensions
• Eisenberg, Phillip (2015) An Asymptotic Solution for the Flow About an Ellipsoid Near a Plane Wall
• Daily, James W. (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the 2 1/4" AA Rocket Projectile
• Levy, Joseph (2015) Water Tunnel Tests of the MK13-1, MK13-2 and MK13-2A Torpedoes with Shroud Ring Tails
• Knapp, Robert T. (2015) Memorandum on Water Tunnel Tests of the 4.5" Rocket Projectile
• Wilcox, Genevieve M. (2015) The Effects of Atmospheric Pressure Upon the Water Entry Behavior of a Missile Having a Hemispherical Nose and Flared-Cone Tail
• Waid, R. L. (2015) A Model Study of the Effect of Jet and Exhaust Flow on Drag of the Torpedo Test Vehicle MK 40 X-1
• Acosta, A. J. and Hamaguchi, H. (2015) Cavitation Inception on the I.T.T.C. Standard Head Form
• McGraw, J. T.; Kermeen, R. W.; et el. (2015) Preliminary Report on The Effect of Jets on the Drag and Cavitation Characteristics of a Two-Dimensional Body
• Ai, D. K.; Acosta, A. J.; et el. (2015) Linearized Theory of a Two-Dimensional Planing Flat Plate in a Channel of Finite Depth - I
• Mellsen, S. B.; Ellis, A. T.; et el. (2015) On the Added Mass of a Sphere in a Circular Cylinder Considering Real Fluid Effects
• Tyson, H. N., Jr. (2015) Experimental Study of Flow Between Centrifugal Pump Shrouds
• Acosta, A. J. (2015) Final Report: Hydrodynamics of Turbomachines
• Mei, C. C. (2015) Nonlinear Gravity Waves in a Thin Sheet of Viscous Fluid
• Carr, John H. (2015) Breaking Waves Forces on Plane Barriers
• Kiceniuk, Taras (2015) An Experimental Determination of Dynamics Coefficients for the Basic Finner Missile By Means of the Translational Dynamic Balance
• Wade, R. B. (2015) Experimental Study of the Effects of a Gap Clearance on the Performance of a Fully Cavitating Flat Plate with and without a Flap
• Vanoni, Vito A. and Brooks, Norman H. (2015) A Study of Turbulence and Diffusion Using Tracers in a Water Tunnel
• Slater, Michael E. (2015) Static Force and Moment Coefficients of a Propeller Stabilized and a Finned Torpedo Shape
• Kiceniuk, Taras and Greengard, Russell (2015) Measurements of Lift Coefficients for a Family of Cones Planing on Water
• Waugh, J. G. and Ellis, A. T. (2015) Fluid Free Surface Proximity Effect on a Sphere Vertically Accelerated from Rest
• Acosta, A. J. and Bowerman, R. D. (2015) An Experimental Study of Centrifugal Pump Impellers
• Acosta, A. J. and Wade, R. B. (2015) Selectively Ventilated Ring Wing Hydrofoils
• Waid, R. L. (2015) Cavity Shapes for Circular Disks at Angles of Attack
• Kiceniuk, Taras (2015) A Preliminary Experimental Study of Vertical Hydrofoils of Low Aspect Ratio Piercing a Water Surface
• Acosta, A. J. (2015) Cavitation in Axial Flow Pumps: Termination Report
• Waid, R. L. (2015) Hydrodynamic Coefficients of the MK 13-2 Torpedo
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Cavitation Tests on a Proposed Test Vehicle with Nose Fins
• Acosta, Allan J. (2015) An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Centrifugal Pump Impellers
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Resistance Tests on a Series of Flat Nose Bodies the 6-in. Projector Charge the 5-in. A.S. Projectile
• Crossley, H. E., Jr. (2015) Analogy Between Surface Shock Waves in a Liquid and Shocks in Compressible Gases: Experimental Study of Hydraulic-Jump Interactions
• Bowerman, R. D. (2015) Effect of the Volute on Performance of a Centrifugal Pump Impeller
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Pitching Moment Balance for the High Speed Water Tunnel
• Greengard, Russell (2015) Measurements of Life Coefficients for a Family of Conical Ring Tails Planing on Water
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Static Force Coefficients of Weapon “A” in Fully Wetted Flow
• Waid, Robert L. and Kermeen, Robert W. (2015) Forces on Cylinders Planing on Flat and Curved Surfaces in Cavitating and Noncavitating Flow
• Perry, Byrne (2015) Experiments on Struts Piercing the Water Surface
• Zwick, S. A. (2015) The Growth and Collapse of Vapor Bubbles
• Jones, Ieuan R. (2015) An Experimental Investigation of the Collapse of Transient Cavities in Liquids
• Jones, Orval and Ellis, Albert T. (2015) A Theoretical Study of Longitudinal Strain Pulse Propagation in Wide Rectangular Bars
• Fourney, M. E. and Ellis, A. T. (2015) Torsional Magnetoelastic Waves in a Circular Cylinder
• Kermeen, Robert W. (2015) Modification and Flow Calibration of Test Section of High-Speed Water Tunnel
• Ai, D. K. and Harrison, Z. L. (2015) A Computer Method for Calculation of the Complete and Incomplete Elliptic Integrals of the Third Kind
• Stallkamp, John A. (2015) Measurement of Dynamic Coefficients of Ellipsoids
• Waid, R. L. (2015) Forces on Composite Bodies in Full Cavity Flow
• Ellis, Albert T. (2015) Observations on Cavitation Bubble Collapse
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Static Force Coefficients of the Basic Finner Missile in Fully Wetted Flow
• Price, Donald A., Jr. (2015) Free-body Modeling of the Dynamics of a Fin-Stabilized Ballistics Missile in Nonspinnning Vertical Trajectories
• Naudé, Charl F. and Ellis, Albert T. (2015) On the Mechanism of Cavitation Damage by Non-Hemispherical Cavities Collapsing in Contact with a Solid Boundary
• Kiceniuk, Taras (2015) Final Report
• Ellis, A. T. (2015) Parameters Affecting Cavitation and Some New Methods for Their Study [Final Report]
• Bowerman, R. D. (2015) The Design of Axial Flow Pumps
• Bate, E. R., Jr. (2015) A Preliminary Study of the Effect of the Free Surface on a Three-dimensional Cavity Produced by a Circular Disk
• Brentjes, J. (2015) Measurements of the Water Surface Contour Behind a Hydrofoil of Moderate Aspect Ratio
• Bruce, Victor G. (2015) An Analysis of Free-running Model Trajectories of the Experimental Submarine SST
• Parkin, B. R. and Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Incipient Cavitation and Boundary Layer Interaction on a Streamlined Body
• Perry, Byrne (2015) Lift Measurements on Small-Scale Flat Planing Surfaces
• O’Neill, J. P.; Perry, Byrne; et el. (2015) Summary of Reports and Publications Issued on Contract N6onr-24424
• Jones, Orval and Ellis, Albert T. (2015) An Experimental Study of Longitudinal Strain Pulse Propagation in Wide Rectangular Bars
• James, David F. (2015) Open Channel Siphon with Viscoelastic Fluids; 10.1038/212754a0
• Hsu, En-Yun and Perry, Byrne (2015) Water Tunnel Experiments on Spheres in Cavity Flow
• Wilcox, G. M. and Waugh, J. G. (2015) Water Entry Study of the MK 25 Torpedo with 3.5-Calibre 70-Degree Spherogive Head
• Meijer, M. C. (2015) An Experiment Concerning Partly Closed Cavities Behind a Surface-Piercing Rod
• Kiceniuk, Taras (2015) A Preliminary Investigation of the Behavior of Condensable Jets Discharged into Water
• Wilcox, Genevieve M. (2015) Drag Studies in Water Entry of the MK 13-6 Torpedo
• Perry, Byrne (2015) The Effect of Aspect Ratio on the Lift of Flat Planing Surfaces
• Carr, John H. (2015) Final Report [Apra Harbor, Guam]
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Resistance Tests on the 5-in. A. S. Projectile and the 6-in. Projector Charge
• Guinard, P.; Fuller, T.; et el. (2015) An Experimental Study of Axial Flow Pump Cavitation
• Sutton, G. W. (2015) A Photoelastic Study of Strain Waves Caused by Cavitation
• Fuller, T. W. and Acosta, A. J. (2015) Report on Design and Construction of the Axial Flow Pump Test Facility
• Kermeen, R. W. (2015) Forces on a Cylinder Planing in a Vapor Cavity
• Waid, R. L. (2015) Terminal Sinking Velocities for a Series of Flat Nosed Bodies
• Waid, R. L. (2015) A Scale Model Investigation of the Effect of Jet Configuration on Skin Friction for the MK-40 Torpedo
• Sutton, G. W. (2015) An Intermediate Theory of Longitudinal Stress Waves in Bars
• Kiceniuk, Taras (2015) Dynamic Coefficients of the MK-13 Torpedo
• Acosta, A. J. and Wade, R. B. (2014) Experimental Study of Cavitating Hydrofoils in Cascade
• Arakeri, Vijay H. (2014) Water Tunnel Investigations of Scale Effects in Cavitation Detachment from Smooth Slender Bodies and Characteristics of Flow Past a Bi-Convex Hydrofoil
• Wagner, Warren O. (2014) Model Studies of Apra Harbor, Guam, M.I. Progress Report for June, 1948
• Carr, John H. (2014) Model Studies of Mobile Breakwaters Progress Report for July-November, 1949
• Wagner, Warren O. (2014) Model Studies of Apra Harbor Guam, M.I. Progress Report for March, 1948
• Wagner, Warren O. (2014) Model Studies of Apra Harbor, Guam, M. I. Progress Report for May, 1948
• Carr, John H. (2014) Harbor Development Study Progress Report for June - December, 1949: Model Studies for Harbor Development
• Carr, J. H.; Meisels, Max; et el. (2014) Harbor Development Study Progress Report for August-October, 1950
• Elliott, J. G.; Meisels, Max; et el. (2014) Interim Report November 1953
• Gilmore, F. R. and Plesset, M. S. (2014) Scaling Laws for Incipient Cavitation Noise
• Elliott, John G. (2014) Interim Report July 1953
• Knapp, Robert T. (2014) Determination of Wave, Surge, and Ship Motion U. S. Naval Station Long Beach, California
• Ingersoll, Alfred C. and McLaughlin, Ronald T. (2014) The Resuspension of Flocculent Solids in Sedimentation Basins
• Wagner, Warren O. (2014) Model Studies of Apra Harbor, Guam, M.I.: Progress Report for September, 1948
• Stelzriede, Marshall E. (2014) Harbor Development Study Theoretical Studies
• Carr, J. H.; Elliott, J. G.; et el. (2014) Harbor Development Study Interim Report January - July, 1952
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• O’Neill, J. Pat (2014) Reaction of the Wall of an Entrance Cavity Against the Afterbody of a Projectile
• Elliott, J. G.; Hufft, J. C; et el. (2014) Harbor Development Study Interim Report December, 1951
• Carr, John H. (2014) Model Studies of Mobile Breakwaters Progress Report for December, 1949
• Stelzriede, Marshall E. and Carr, John H. (2014) Mobile Breakwater Study Interim Report
• Perry, Byrne; Acosta, A. J.; et el. (2014) A laboratory experiment on simulated wave-riding dolphins
• Knapp, Robert T. (2014) Memorandum on water tunnel tests of a 21 3/8" rocket projectile
• Carr, John H.; Meisels, Max; et el. (2014) Interim Report December 1952-March 1953
• Knapp, Robert T. (2014) Investigation of the mechanics of cavitation and cavitation damage
• Crossley, H. E., Jr. and Plesset, M. S. (2014) The analogy between surface waves in a liquid and shocks in compressible gases: experimental study of wave forms
• Hsieh, Din-Yu (2014) Stability of a conducting fluid flowing down an inclined plane in a magnetic field
• Knapp, Robert T.; Bell, Hugh Stevens; et el. (2014) Glimpses of the Work of the Cooperative Hydraulics Laboratory
• Knapp, Robert T.; Vanoni, Vito A.; et el. (2014) The high speed water tunnel at the California Institute of Technology
• Carr, John H.; Elliott, J. G.; et el. (2014) Interim Report
• Hotz, G. M. and McGraw, J. T. (2008) The High Speed Water Tunnel three-component balance
• Franz, Ron and Arndt, Norbert (2008) Measurements of hydrodynamic forces on the impeller of the HPOTP of the SSME
• Wang, D. P. and Wu, T. Yao-tsu (2005) General Formulation of a Perturbation Theory for Unsteady Cavity Flows
• Acosta, A. J.; Bate, E. R., Jr.; et el. (1965) Measurements on fully wetted and ventilated ring wing hydrofoils
• Ai, Daniel K. and Harrison, Z. L. (1965) The wall effect in cavity flow
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1965) Some recent developments in propeller theory
• Kiceniuk, Taras (1964) Superventilated flow past delta wings
• Mei, C. C. and Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1964) Gravity Waves Due to a Point Disturbance in a Plane Free Surface Flow of Stratified Fluids
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu and Wang, D. P. (1963) An Approximate Numerical Scheme for the Theory of Cavity Flows Past Obstacles of Arbitrary Profile
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu and Wang, D. P. (1963) A Wake Model for Free-Streamline Flow Theory, Part II. Cavity Flows Past Obstacles of Arbitrary Profile
• Wang, D. P. and Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1963) Small-Time Behavior of Unsteady Cavity Flows
• Dawson, Thomas Emmet and Bate, E. R., Jr. (1962) An experimental investigation of a fully cavitating two-dimensional flat plate hydrofoil near a free surface
• Brentjes, J. (1962) Free-surface water tunnel studies of a family of base-ventilated hydrofoils
• Brentjes, J. (1962) Measurements of the free water surface displacements caused by a hydrofoil of moderate aspect ratio (A Supplement to Motion Picture No. 62)
• Hsieh, Din-Yu and Plesset, Milton S. (1961) Theory of the acoustic absorption by a gas bubble in a liquid
• Kermeen, R. W. (1960) Experimental investigations of three-dimensional effects on cavitating hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. (1960) Cavitating Flow Past a Cascade of Circular Arc Hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. (1958) The Effect of a Longitudinal Gravity Field on the Supercavitating Flow Over a Wedge
• Kiceniuk, Taras (1957) An experimental determination of dynamic coefficients for the Basic Finner missile by means of the angular dynamic balance
• De Prima, C. R. and Wu, T. Y. (1957) On the theory of surface waves in water generated by moving disturbances
• Waid, R. L. and Lindberg, Z. M. (1957) Experimental and theoretical investigations of a supercavitating hydrofoil
• Parkin, Blaine R. and Kermeen, Robert W. (1957) Water tunnel techniques for force measurements on cavitating hydrofoils
• Acosta, A. J. (1956) Flow in Hydraulic Machinery
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1956) A Note on the Linear and Nonlinear Theories for Fully Cavitated Hydrofoils
• Kermeen, Robert W. (1956) Water tunnel tests of NACA 4412 and Walchner profile 7 hydrofoils in noncavitating and cavitating flows
• Parkin, Blaine R. (1956) Experiments on Circular Arc and Flat Plate Hydrofoils in Noncavitating and Full Cavity Flows
• Kermeen, Robert W. (1956) Water tunnel tests of NACA 66_(1-012) hydrofoil in noncavitating and cavitating flows
• Acosta, A. J. (1955) A Note on Partial Cavitation of Flat Plate Hydrofoils
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1955) Comparison of the characteristics of a hydrofoil under cavitating and noncavitating operation
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1955) A Free Streamline Theory for Two-Dimensional Fully Cavitated Hydrofoils
• Parkin, Blaine R.; Perry, Byrne; et el. (1955) Pressure distribution on a hydrofoil running near the water surface
• Wu, Y. T. (1954) Two Dimensional Sink Flow of a Viscous, Heat-Conducting Compressible Fluid; Cylindrical Shock Waves
• Kiceniuk, Taras (1954) An experimental study of the hydrodynamic forces acting on a family of cavity-producing conical bodies of revolution inclined to the flow
• Rains, Dean A. (1954) Incipient Cavitation in Axial Flow Pumps Part II Hydrodynamic Noise and Tip Vortex Cavitation
• Wu, T. Yao-tsu (1953) A theory for hydrofoils of finite span
• Gilmore, Forrest R. (1952) The growth or collapse of a spherical bubble in a viscous compressible liquid
• Swanson, W. M. and O’Neill, J. P. (1951) The stability of an air-maintained cavity behind a stationary object in flowing water
• Knapp, Robert T. (1945) Development of the High Speed Water Tunnel and Summary of Results
• Knapp, Robert T. (1945) Water Tunnel Tests of the An-MK.41 Bomb
• Knapp, Robert T. and Daily, James W. (1944) Force and cavitation characteristics of the NACA 4412 hydrofoil
• Shields, A. (1936) Application of similarity principles and turbulence research to bed-load movement