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Hydraulic Research in the United States 1964 Hydraulic Research in the United States 1964 United States Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publication 261 THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS The National Bureau of Standards is a principal focal point in the Federal Government for assuring maximum application of the physical and engineering sciences to the advancement of technology in industry and commerce. Its responsibilities include development and maintenance of the national stand- ards of measurement, and the provisions of means for making measurements consistent with those standards; determination of physical constants and properties of materials; development of methods for testing materials, mechanisms, and structures, and making such tests as may be necessary, particu- larly for government agencies; cooperation in the establishment of standard practices for incorpora- tion in codes and specifications; advisory service to government agencies on scientific and technical problems; invention and development of devices to serve special needs of the Government; assistance to industry, business, and consumers in the development and acceptance of commercial standards and simplified trade practice recommendations; administration of programs in cooperation with United States business groups and standards organizations for the development of international standards of practice; and maintenance of a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of scientific, tech- nical, and engineering information. The scope of the Bureau's activities is suggested in the following listing of its four Institutes and their organizational units. Institute for Basic Standards. Electricity. Metrology. Heat. Radiation Physics. Mechanics. Ap- plied Mathematics. Atomic Physics. Physical Chemistry. Laboratory Astrophysics.* Radio Stand- ards Laboratory: Radio Standards Physics; Radio Standards Engineering.** Office of Standard Ref- erence Data. Institute for Materials Research. Analytical Chemistry. Polymers. Metallurgy. Inorganic Mate- rials. Reactor Radiations. Cryogenics.** Office of Standard Reference Materials. Central Radio Propagation Laboratory.** Ionosphere Research and Propagation. Troposphere and Space Telecommunications. Radio Systems. Upper Atmosphere and Space Physics. Institute for Applied Technology. Textiles and Apparel Technology Center. Building Research. Industrial Equipment. Information Technology. Performance Test Development. Instrumentation. Transport Systems. Office of Technical Services. Office of Weights and Measures. Office of Engineer- ing Standards. Office of Industrial Services. * NBS Group, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado. ** Located at Boulder, Colorado. Hydraulic Research in the United States 1964 (Including Contributions from Canadian Laboratories) Edited by Helen K. Middleton National Bureau of Standards Miscellaneous Publication 261 Issued August 14, 1964 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 - Price $1.25 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 34-3323 . FOREWORD The information contained in this publication was compiled from reports by the various hydraulic and hydrologic laboratories in the United States and Canada. The cooperation of these agencies is greatly appreciated. The National Bureau of Standards cannot assume responsibility for the completeness of this publication. We must depend upon reporting laboratories for the completeness of the coverage of their own programs, as well as upon new laboratories engaged in hydraulics to bring their activities to our attention. Projects are numbered and the number once assigned is repeated for identi- fication purposes until a project is completed. The numbers 4893 and above refer to projects reported for the first time. All projects are In active state, unless otherwise noted under (f ) The National Bureau of Standards does not maintain a file of reports or detailed information regarding the research projects reported by other organizations. Such information may be obtained from the correspondent listed under (c) or immediately following the title of the organization reporting the work. It Is of course understood that any laboratory submitting reports on its work will be willing to supply information to properly qualified inquirers. A similar bulletin, "Hydraulic Research," compiled and published by the International Association for Hydraulic Research, contains information on hydraulic research being conducted in foreign countries. This bulletin is edited by Professor H. J. Schoemaker, Director of the Hydraulic Laboratory at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands, and Secretary of the International Association for Hydraulic Research. Copies may be obtained from the Secretary at $6.00 each (postage included). A. V. Astin, Director ill Foreword List of contributing laboratories Project reports Subject index Key to Projects (a) Number and title of project (e) Description lb) Project conducted for (f ) Present status fc) Correspondent (g) Results fd) Nature of project (h) Publications iv ) LIST OF CONTRIBUTING LABORATORIES ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF 1 FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF Dept. of Civil Engrg., Tucson, Ariz., 85721 Engineering and Industrial Exp. Station Dr. Emmett M. Laursen, Head Coastal Engineering Lab., Gainesville, Fla. Dr. Per Bruun, Head ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF 5 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Agricultural Expt . Station, Fayetteville, Ark. Prof. Kyle Engler, Head Engineering Experiment Sta., Atlanta, Ga . 30332 Agricultural Engineering Dept. Mr. R. E. Stiemke, Director ARKANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF 6 GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CORP. Civil Engineering Dept., Fayetteville, Ark. Research Dept., Fluid Mechanics Section Prof. L. R. Helple, Head Bethpage, L. I., New York Dr. Charles E. Mack Jr., Dir. of Research BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN, INC. 96 50 Moulton Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138 HOUSTON, UNIVERSITY OF Dr. John E. Ffowcs Williams Dept. of Chemical Engineering Cullen Boulevard, Houston 4, Texas BROOKLYN, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF 6 Prof. A. E. Dukler 333 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 Prof. Matthew W. Stewart, Civil Engrg. IDAHO, UNIVERSITY OF Engrg. Experiment Sta., Moscow, Idaho 83843 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 6 Dean Allen S. Janssen, Director Engineering Division, Pasadena 4, Calif. Prof. Milton S. Plesset, Applied Mechanics IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 10 West 35th St., Chicago 13, 111. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 7 Mr. H. B. Karplus Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Professor T. Y. Wu ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY DIVISION Box 232, Urbana, Illinois CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 6 Mr. William C. Ackermann, Chief W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, Pasadena 4, Calif. ILLINOIS STATE WATERWAYS DIVISION Dr. Vito A. Vanoni, Professor of Hydraulics Dept. of Public Works and Building 201 West Monroe St., Springfield, 111. 62706 CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF 9 Mr. John C. Gulllou, Chief Waterway Engr. College of Agriculture, Davis, Calif. Prof. Robert H. Burgy, Acting Chairman ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF Department of Irrigation Dept. of Agricultural Engrg., Urbana, 111. Dr. Frank B. Lanham, Head CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF 11 College of Engineering, Berkeley 4, Calif. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF Prof. J. W. Johnson, Hydraulic Engineering Civil Engineering Dept., Urbana, 111. Dr. V. T. Chow, Prof. Hydraulic Engineering CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF 14 Dept. of Naval Architecture, Berkeley 4, Calif. ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF Prof. H. A. Schade, Chairman Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 214 Talbot Laboratory, Urbana, 111. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 16 Prof. T. J. Dolan, Head Dept. of Civil Engrg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 Dr. T. E. Stelson, Head IOWA INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, THE 17 Dr. Hunter Rouse, Director Dept. of Civil Engineering, Wash., D. C. 20017 Prof. Frank A. Biberstein, Head IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Dept. of Agricultural Engrg., Ames, Iowa COASTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (see U. S. Dr. Clarence Bockhop, Head Government IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY 18 Dept. of Agronomy, Ames, Iowa Hydraulics Laboratory Prof. Don Klrkham Civil Engrg. Section, Fort Collins, Colo. 80521 Dr. D. B. Simons, Acting Chief IOWA UNIVERSITY Iowa City, Iowa (see Iowa Institute of COLORADO, UNIVERSITY OF 24 Hydraulic Research) Engineering Experiment Sta., Boulder, Colo. Dr. K. D. TImmerhaus, Director JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE Applied Physics Lab., Silver Spring, Md. 20910 CORNELL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY, INC. 96 Mr. R. E. Gibson, Director Applied Mechanics Department P. 0. Box 235, Buffalo, N. Y. 14221 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE Dr. Irving C. Statler, Head School of Engineering, Baltimore 18, Md. Dr. John C. Geyer, Chairman CORNELL UNIVERSITY 25 Dept. of Sanitary Engrg. and Water Resources School of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Engrg., Ithaca, N. Y. KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF Dr. J. A. Liggett Dept. of Engrg. Mechanics and Aerospace Engrg. Lawrence, Kansas DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN (see U. S. Government) Dr. Kenneth C. Deemer, Chairman DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF 25 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Dept. of Civil Engineering, Newark, Del. Department of Civil Engineering Dr. D. L. Dean, Chairman Fritz Engineering Lab., Bethlehem, Pa. Prof. W. J. Eney, Head of Dept. and Laboratory DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF 26 Dept. of Mech. Engineering, Newark, Del. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND A AND M COLLEGE Dr. James P. Hartnett, Chairman Agricultural Engrg. Dept.,
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