REPORT OF THE HYDRAULICS RESEARCH BOARD WITH THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF HYDRAULICS RESEARCH FOR THE YEAR 1952

1 - Report of the Hydraulic Research Board 1.1 - Membership of the board 1.2 - Progress on the design and construction of the Hydraulic Research Station 1.3 - Progress of research 2 - Report on the Director of Hydraulic Research 2.1 - Morecambe Bay 2.2 - River Wyre estuary 2.3 - Thames estuary 2.4 - Idealized tidal model 2.5 - River Eden 2.6 - Horizontal Butterfly gate 2.7 - River Yare 2.8 - Standing wave flume for measuring the discharge of Hermitage stream 2.9 - Measuring weir for North Esk River 2.10 - Spillway Syphon for Leigh Sluices, Kent River Board 2.11 - Lyttelton harbour models 2.12 - Wave tank research 2.13 - Coast erosion survey 2.14 - Geological study : the Thames near Tilbury 2.15 - The production of suitable sands for models studies 2.16 - Experiments to test the validity of a theory of arching of sand under hydraulic works built on a permeable sand foundation 2.18 - Water level stabilizer 2.19 - Bed load movement of cohesionless grains under steady turbulent water flow 2.20 - Development of instruments 2.21 - Establishment . Appendix I - Papers written by Members of Hydraulics Research Staff during 1952. Appendix II - Membership of committees . Appendix III - Senior Members of the staff of Hydraulic Research Organization.

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