IIHR Archive

 World War II Research

            During the 1940s, IIHR (like research institutions across the country) participated in a number of studies crucial to World War II efforts. New IIHR investigations during this period included ship model research, cavitation studies, fire monitor and gas diffusion studies, and wastewater disposal investigations. The first wind and water tunnels were built at IIHR during the war to enable the completion of these studies. Most fields of study continued after the war, with ship model studies remaining a major IIHR research area today.

            This record group consists of 3 archival boxes. Most of the folders therein contain research reports about war efforts, funded by one of the war departments. Note that “NDRC” refers to the National Defense Research Committee, which directed much of the war research. The files contain many original high-quality photographs of research setups.

  Administrative papers from this period are included in the “IIHR Administration and Miscellaneous” record group.

Box 1.  Ship Model Research 1942-1947

• “Description of 10-Foot Channel and Appurtenances for Test on Stationary Ship Models in Flowing Water” (anonymous, IIHR unpublished Report 1, July 29, 1942)
  
  

• “Tests of Stationary Ship Model in a 10-Foot Channel” (anonymous, IIHR unpublished Report 2, December 14, 1942)
  
  

• “Test of a Stationary Ship Model in a 16-Foot Channel” (anonymous, IIHR unpublished Report 3, May 5, 1943)
  
  

• “Tests of Stationary Ship Models in a 16-Foot Channel,” (anonymous, IIHR unpublished Report 4, November 15, 1943; 2 copies)
  
  

• “Resistance Tests on Ship Model and Friction Plane in 16-Foot and 11-Foot Channels, Influence of Variation in Turbulence on Resistance” (anonymous, IIHR unpublished Report 5, July 30, 1945)
  
  

• Report #6, “Turbulence Measurements With 10-, 14-, and 18-inch Spheres in 11- and 16-Foot Channels” (anonymous, unpublished IIHR Report 6, March 14, 1947; 2 copies)
  

Fire Monitors 1945-1949

• “Fire Monitor Investigation, Preliminary Report” (J Howe, CJ Posey et al, unpublished report prepared for David Taylor Model Basin, Bureau of Ships contract, 1945; 3 copies)
  
  

• “Experimental Investigation of Fire Monitors and Nozzles” (H Rouse, JW Howe, et al, unpublished report prepared for Bureau of Ships and Office of Naval Research, 1949)

Box 2.  Cavitation Tests, Torpedo Heads 1944-1945

• “The New Water Tunnel at the Hydraulics Laboratory” (J. McNown,  Transit, 1944)
  
  

• Cavitation Tests in the Iowa Variable-Pressure Water Tunnel. (Unpublished reports prepared by H Rouse, J McNoun, and E-Y Hsu, for NDRC, 1944). Three reports:

                              “Tunnel Characteristics and Test Procedure for Bodies of Revolution”

                  “Cylindrical Body with Hemispherical Head” (2 copies)

                  “Cylindrical Body with Blunt Head” (2 copies)

• Cavitation Tests on a Systematic Series of Torpedo Heads. (Unpublished reports prepared by H Rouse, J McNown, E-Y Hsu, and C Lamb, or subset thereof; either for the NDRC or for the Office of Naval Research, Navy Department; 1945). Eighteen reports: 

“Water-Tunnel Characteristics and Test Procedure” (3 copies)

“Hollow Cylindrical Head” (3 copies)

“1:2 Concave Ellipsoidal Head” (3 copies)

    “1:2 Ellipsoidal Head” (3 copies)

  “2:1 Ellipsoidal Head”  (3 copies)

“Summary, Ellipsoidal Torpedo Heads” (3 copies)

“135° Concave Conical Head,” (2 copies)

   “135° Conical head”  (3 copies)

“90° Conical Head” (3 copies)

“45° Conical Head”  (4 copies)

“Summary, Conical Torpedo Heads”  (5 copies)

   “1/8 Caliber Rounded Head”  (3 copies)

“1/4 Caliber Rounded Head” (2 copies)

“Summary, Rounded Torpedo Heads”  (4 copies)

   “2-Caliber Ogival Head” (2 copies)

“1-Caliber Ogival Head” (3 copies)

   “Blunt Head” (3 copies)

“Hemispherical Head” (2 copies)

Box 3. Cavitation Tests, Torpedo Heads (Continued) 1946-1948

•         Cavitation Tests on a Systematic Series of Torpedo Heads. (Unpublished reports prepared by H Rouse, J McNown, E-Y Hsu, and C Lamb, or subset thereof; either for the NDRC or for the Office of Naval Research, Navy Department).  Four reports:

“Summary, Modified Hemispherical Heads” (1946, 3 copies)

    “Half-Body Torpedo Head” (1946, 3 copies)

“Effect of Model Size” (1947, 4 copies)

             “Summary, Modified Ellipsoidal Heads” (1948, 5 copies)

Wind Tunnel Research 1943-1947

•         “Scale Model Studies on Movement of Smoke and Gas Clouds” ( H Rouse, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1943; 3 copies; report includes very good wind tunnel photos)
   

•         “Wind Tunnel Studies of the Diffusion of Heat From a Line Source” (H Rouse et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1944; 3 copies)
   

•         “Wind Tunnel Studies of Gas Diffusion in a Typical Japanese Urban District” (A Kalinske et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945)
   

•         “Wind Tunnel Studies of the Diffusion Gas in Schematic Urban Districts” (H Rouse et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1944, 2 copies)
   

•         “Wind Tunnel Studies of the Diffusion of Heat by Single Wind Curtains & Baffles” (H Rouse et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1944; 2 copies)
   

•         “Preliminary Wind-Tunnel Studies on Air Flow Over Mountainous Terrain” (A Kalinske et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945)
   

•         “Correlation of Wind-Tunnel Studies with Field Measurements of Gas Diffusion” (A Kalinske et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945)
   

•         “Review of Studies of Flow Behind Grids” (J McNown, M Albertson, unpublished report, 1945; 3 copies)
   

•         “Wind-Tunnel Studies on Effects of Vertical Distortion of Terrain Models” (anonymous, unpublished report prepared for Weather Service, US Army Air Forces, 1946; 2 copies)
   

•         “Wind-Tunnel Studies of the Velocity Distribution Over Idealized Mountain Forms” (anonymous, unpublished report prepared for Air Weather Service, War Dept, 1947; 2 copies)

Fog Dispersal 1944-1947

•         “Fog-Dispersal Recommendations for the Island of Shemya” (H Rouse et al, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1944; 2 copies)
   

•         “The Iowa Radiant Burner for Furnace (Diesel) Oil” (HO Croft, JM Trummel, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945; 4 copies)
   

•         “Development of a Fog-Dispersal Burner for Gasoline and Fuel Oil” (M Albertson, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945; 4 copies)
   

•         “Wind-Curtain Installations for Fog Dispersal” (RA Jensen, unpublished report prepared for NDRC, 1945; 2 copies)
   

•         “Report of a Design Adapting the Principles of the Aerofoil Ring to the Wind Curtain Installation at Arcata, California” (TD Gregg, New York City, not an IIHR report, prepared for NDRC, 1947)

Grease Interception Research

•         Blueprints and sketches for Grease Interception Research Work completed by IIHR for U.S. Army during WW II.

(processed 7/2002)

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