John Miles Papers, 1943-1998 (MSS 453)

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Papers of John Miles, fluid mechanics engineer, geophysicist, and educator from 1964-2003. Miles is known for research of wave propagation and generation, hydrodynamic stability, and fluid dynamics. The papers include over three hundred published scientific articles, fluid mechanics reports, and research files. Additionally, the papers include correspondence, grant proposals, UCLA teaching materials, and biographical materials.

John Wilder Miles was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 1, 1920. After graduating from high school in Oakland, CA, Miles entered Cal Tech and went on to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1942, a master's degree in electrical and aeronautical engineering in 1943, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1944.

During the World War II, he held brief positions at General Electric, Lockheed Aircraft, and the MIT Radiation Laboratory. His work at MIT supported research used for radar detection of German U-Boats off the coast of England. In 1945, Miles accepted a teaching position with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the geophysics and engineering departments until 1964. During this time, he became a consultant to several aeromechanics companies and institutions including the United States Air Force, Space Technology Laboratories, and Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated. In 1962, he was a visiting professor of applied mathematics at the Australian National University, Institute of Advanced Studies.

One of the prominent projects Miles co-investigated was a grant project funded by the National Science Foundation. The University of California established the primary branches of the laboratory at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) in Los Angeles and La Jolla in 1960. Miles, along with Walter Munk, George MacDonald, and George Backus, concentrated on geophysical fluid dynamics in both the ocean and the atmosphere.

In 1964, Miles moved to the newly formed UCSD campus in La Jolla, taking a position as professor of applied mechanics and geophysics, where he was also chairman of the Academic Senate, 1977-1978. He also became the associate editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics in 1964, providing editorial and peer review scholarship. He was appointed vice chancellor of academic affairs, under Chancellor Richard Atkinson from 1980-1983.

Miles was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1958-1959, a Fulbright lectureship from the University of Australia in 1951, and the Timoshenko Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering in 1982.

In 2003, Miles retired as professor emeritus from UCSD. He passed away in October, 2008.

References cited:

Of Fluid Mechanics and Related Matters: The Proceedings of a Symposium Honoring John Miles on His Seventieth Birthday, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, December 1, 1990.

The papers of John Miles illustrate his academic and scientific career in the field of fluid dynamics and engineering. The majority of the materials are published reprints dating from 1943-1998. The papers also contain correspondence, reports, subject based research and grant proposals, UCLA teaching materials, biographical materials. Arranged in six series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) WRITINGS BY MILES, 3) RESEARCH, 4) UCLA TEACHING MATERIALS, 5) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, and 6) UC and UCSD SUBJECT FILES.

Container List

CORRESPONDENCE

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Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Contains correspondence arranged alphabetically between Miles and his colleagues and various persons in the scientific community.

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Argyris, John H., 1952 - 1956
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Arnold, Suzanne, 1962 - 1963
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Backus, George, 1967 - 1969
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Ball, F. Keith, 1963 - 1967
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Barley, K.P., 1964 - 1965
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Blankenship, Victor - Includes "Shock-Shock Interaction on a Slender Cone", 1965
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Chang, Yan-Po - Includes "A Theoretical Analysis of Heat Transfer in Natural Convection and in Boiling", 1958
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Cherry, T.M., 1962 - 1963
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Elliott, R.S., 1962 - 1963
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Essenburg, Franklin, 1961
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Gani, Joseph M., 1963 - 1964
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Goodier, J.N., 1962 - 1967
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Hartman, Edwin P., 1961
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Hocking, L.M
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Hunt, K.H., 1962
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Judd, David L. - Includes "Gravity Waves on Steady Wave-Like and Other Non-Uniform Flows" and "Mathematical Models of Stokes Wave-Trains of Maximum and Nearly-Maximum Height", 1975
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King, W.S. - Includes "Low Frequency, Large Amplitude Fluctuations of the Laminar Boundary Layer", 1965
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Levey, Harry C., 1961 - 1963
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Libby, Willard F., 1963
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Lindholm, Ulric S., 1961
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Logan, J.G., 1965
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Mackie, A.G., 1963
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Marin, J., 1965
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Platzman, George W., 1964
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Ross, Roderick A., 1963 - 1964
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Sparenberg, J.A., 1963
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Stewart, John L., 1965
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Sydney Morning Herald, 1963

WRITINGS BY MILES

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Series 2) WRITINGS BY MILES: Includes four subseries: A) Numbered Reprints, B) Unnumbered Writings, C) Reports, and D) Lectures. A) Numbered Reprints includes numerically arranged reprints dating from 1943-1998. B) Unnumbered Reprints contains both published and unpublished manuscripts and reprints not listed with the numbered reprints. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by title. C) Reports are technical publications authored by Miles beginning with his tenure at University of California, Los Angeles, through 1964. The reports are project analyses for private contract research Miles conducted for aeromechanics industries including Ramo-Wooldrige Corporation, Space Technologies Laboratories, and Northrop Aircraft, Inc. They are arranged by date. D) Lectures contains typescripts of lectures dated 1947-1969 and are arranged chronologically.

Numbered Reprints

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1. Applications and Limitations of Mechanical-Electrical Analogies, New and Old, January 1943
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2. The Reflection of Sound Due to a Change in Cross Section of a Circular Tube, July 1944
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3. Junction Analysis in Vacuum-Tube Circuits, October 1944
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4. The Plane-Wave Resolution of Guided Waves, November 1945
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5. The Analysis of Plane Discontinuities in Cylindrical Tubes. Part I, January 1946
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6. The Analysis of Plane Discontinuities in Cylindrical Tubes. Part II, January 1946
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7. An Analogy Among Torsional Rigidity, Rotating Fluid Inertia, and Self-Inductance for an Infinite Cylinder, July 1946
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8. The Equivalent Circuit for a Plane Discontinuity in a Cylindrical Wave Guide, October 1946
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9. Contributions to Wave-Guide Theory, April 1947
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10. The Aerodynamic Forces on an Oscillating Airfoil at Supersonic Speeds, June 1947
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11. The Diffraction of Sound Due to Right-Angled Joints in Rectangular Tubes, July 1947
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12. The Equivalent Circuit for a Bifurcated Cylindrical Tube, July 1947
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13. Equivalent Circuits for Plane Discontinuities, August1947
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14. Coordinates and the Reciprocity Theorem in Electromechanical Systems, September 1947
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15. The Equivalent Circuit of a Corner Bend in a Rectangular Wave Guide, November 1947
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16. Plane Discontinuities in Coaxial Lines, December 1947
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17. Acoustical Methods in Supersonic Aerodynamics, May 1948
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18. Harmonic and Transient Motion of a Swept Wing in Supersonic Flow, June 1948
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19. The Rolling Moment Due to Sideslip for a Swept Wing, July 1948
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20. The Diffraction of a Sound Wave by an Infinite Set of Plates, July 1948
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21. The Coupling of a Cylindrical Tube to a Half-Infinite Space, September 1948
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22. The Aerodynamic Forces on an Oscillating Flap at Supersonic Speeds, September 1948
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23. Transient Loading of Airfoils at Supersonic Speeds, October 1948
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24. On Vector Transforms, November 1948
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25. Induction Effects in Aeroelasticity, January 1949
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26. On Chordwise Divergence, February 1949
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27. On Electromagnetic Diffraction Through a Plane Screen, February 1949
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28. On Diffraction Through a Circular Aperture, March 1949
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29. Transform and Variational Methods in Supersonic Aerodynamics, April 1949
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30. The Diffraction of a Plane Wave Through a Grating, April 1949
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31. On Harmonic Motion at Supersonic Speeds, June 1949
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32. On the Oscillating Rectangular Airfoil at Supersonic Speeds, June 1949
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33. Quasi-Stationary Thin Airfoil Theory, July 1949
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34. A Note on a Solution to Possio's Integral Equation for an Oscillating Airfoil in Subsonic Flow, July 1949
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35. A Formulation of the Aeroelastic Problem for a Swept Wing, August 1949
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36. Quasi-Stationary Airfoil Theory in Compressible Flow, August 1949
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37. On the Oscillating Aileron at Supersonic Speeds, August 1949
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38. On the Diffraction of an Electromagnetic Wave Through a Plane Screen, August 1949
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39. On Nonsteady Motion of Delta Wings, September 1949
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40. On Damping in Pitch for Delta Wings, September 1949
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41. Unsteady Flow Theory in Dynamic Stability, January 1950
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42. On the Reduction of Unsteady Supersonic Flow Problems, January 1950
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43. On the Change of Cross Section and Bifurcation of a Cylindrical Tube, January 1950
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44. A Note on Supersonic Flow in the Trefftz Plane, January 1950
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45. On Certain Integral Equations in Diffraction Theory, January 1950
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46. On Simple Plan Forms in Supersonic Flow, February 1950
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47. On the Compressibility Correction for Subsonic Unsteady Flow, March 1950
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48. On Downwash Corrections in Unsteady Flow, April 1950
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49. A Note on Riemann's Method Applied to the Diffusion Equation, April 1950
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50. A Note on Subsonic Aerofoil Theory, May 1950
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51. Errata: On the Diffraction of an Electromagnetic Wave Through a Plane Screen, May 1950
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52. Transient Loading of Supersonic Rectangular Airfoils, October 1950
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53. On Virtual Mass and Wave Drag at Subsonic Speeds, October 1950
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54. Some Relations Between Harmonic and Transient Loading of Airfoils, October 1950
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55. On Non-Steady Motion of Slender Bodies, November 1950
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56. On the Equations of Longitudinal Stability, December 1950
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57. Quasi-Stationary Airfoil Theory in Subsonic Compressible Flow, January 1951
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58. On the Equations of Longitudinal Stability - II, March 1951
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59. The Oscillating Rectangular Airfoil at Supersonic Speeds, April 1951
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60. Transient Loading of Wide Delta Airfoils at Supersonic Speeds, August 1951
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61. On Slender Wing Theory, November 1951
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62. On Virtual Mass and Transient Motion in Subsonic Compressible Flow, December 1951
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63. On Chang's Function for Nonstationary Flow, February 1952
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64. On Slender Wing-Body Theory, February 1952
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65. A Note on Supersonic Wing Integral Equations in Unsteady Flow, February 1952
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66. On Nonsteady Supersonic Flow About Pointed Bodies of Revolution, March 1952
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67. A Note on Conical Flows in Airfoil Theory, March 1952
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68. Reduction of Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Problems, March 1952
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69. Heat Conduction Along an Exponential Bar, March 1952
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70. Slender Body Theory for Supersonic Unsteady Flow, April 1952
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71. On Interference Factors for Finned Bodies, April 1952
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72. On the Diffraction of an Acoustic Pulse by a Wedge, 1952
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73. On the Diffraction of an Electromagnetic Pulse by a Wedge, 1952
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74. "On Acoustic Diffraction Cross Sections for Oblique Incidence", May, 1952
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75. On the General Solution for Unsteady Motion of a Rectangular Wing in Supersonic Flow, June 1952
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76. Aerodynamics of Unsteady Flow, 1952
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77. A Note on the Damping in Roll of a Cruciform Winged Body, October 1952
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78. On the Kirchhoff Solution for an Oscillating Wing in Subsonic Compressible Flow, November 1952
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79. On Solutions to the Wave Equation in Hyperbolic Space, December 1952
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80. On Acoustic Diffraction through an Aperture in a Plane Screen, 1952
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81. On Linearized Theory, January 1953
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82. Transient Loading of a Baffled Piston, March 1953
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83. Transient Loading of a Baffled Strip, March 1953
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84. A General Solution for the Rectangular Airfoil in Supersonic Flow, April 1953
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85. Impulsive Motion of a Flat Plate, June 1953
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86. On the Low Aspect Ratio Oscillating Rectangular Wing in Supersonic Flow, August 1953
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87. On the Transonic Drag of a Cone Cylinder, September 1953
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88. Virtual Momentum and Slender Body Theory, September 1953
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89. A Note on Subsonic Edges in Unsteady Supersonic Flow, October 1953
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90. On Radiation and Scattering from Small Cylinders, November 1953
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91. On Nonspecular Reflection at a Rough Surface, March 1954
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92. On the Transformation of the Linearized Equation of Unsteady Supersonic Flow, April 1954
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93. On Solving Subsonic Unsteady Flow Lifting Surface Problems by Separating Variables, June 1954
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94. Linearization of the Equations of Non-Steady Flow in a Compressible Fluid, July 1954
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95. On the Transonic Drag of Accelerated Bodies, September 1954
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96. On the Nonlinear Thickness Effect for a Supersonic Oscillating Airfoil, October 1954
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97. Dispersive Reflection at the Interface Between Ideal and Viscous Media, November 1954
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98. On Structural Fatigue Under Random Loading, November 1954
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99. Unsteady Supersonic Flow, March 1955
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100. Vibrations of Beams on Many Supports, January 1956
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101. On the Sonic Drag of a Slender Body, February 1956
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102. The Free Oscillations of a Buckled Panel, April 1956
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103. A Note on Numerical Differentiation, April 1956
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104. Numerical Results for the Longitudinal Stability Derivatives and Stability Loci of a Low Aspect..., May 1956
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105. A First-Order Formulation of the Unsteady Supersonic Flow Problem for Finite Wings, June 1956
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106. The Compressible Flow Past an Oscillating Airfoil in a Wind Tunnel, July 1956
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107. On Linearized Transonic Flow Theory for Slender Bodies, July 1956
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108. On the Aerodynamic Instability of Thin Panels, August 1956
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109. The Aerodynamic Force on an Airfoil in a Moving Gust, November 1956
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110. Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell, February 1957
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111. On the Reflection of Sound at an Interface of Relative Motion, February 1957
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112. On the Velocity Profile for Turbulent Flow Near a Smooth Wall, September 1957
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113. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows, November 1957
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114. On a Reciprocity Condition for Supersonic Flutter, December 1957
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115. Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell-II, May 1958
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116. Ring Damping of Free Surface Oscillations in a Circular Tank, June 1958
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117. On the Sloshing of Liquid in a Flexible Tank, June 1958
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118. On the Disturbed Motion of a Plane Vortex Sheet, September 1958
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120. On Panel Flutter in the Presence of a Boundary Layer, February 1959
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121. On the Supersonic Flutter of Two-Dimensional Infinite Panels, March 1959
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122. Free Surface Oscillations in a Rotating Liquid, May-June 1959
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123. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows, Part 2, November 1959
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124. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows, Part 3. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, November 1959
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125. On the Numerical Integration of the Orr-Sommerfeld Equation, December 1959
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126. Unsteady Flow at Hypersonic Speeds, 1960
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127. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Turbulent Shear Flows, March 1960
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128. Homogeneous Solutions in Elastic Wave Propagation, April 1960
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129. On Supersonic Flutter of Long Panels, June 1960
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130. On the Annular Damper for a Freely Precessing Gyroscope, June 1960
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131. Scattering of Elastic Waves by Small Inhomogeneities, June 1960
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132. The Hydrodynamic Stability of a Thin Film of Liquid Uniform Sharing Motion, August 1960
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133. Low-Frequency Motion of Bodies in an Elastic Wave Field, November 1960
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134. On the Response of an Elastic Half-Space to a Moving Blast Wave, December 1960
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135. Motion of a Rigid Cylinder Due to a Plane Elastic Wave, December 1960
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136. Integral Transforms, 1961
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137. The Propagation of an Impulse Into a Viscous-Locking Medium, March 1961
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138. Comments on "Propagation of Intense Shock Waves into the Earth", March 1961
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139. On the Stability of Heterogeneous Shear Flows, June 1961
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140. Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division, August 1961
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141. Statistical Concepts in Vibration, 1961
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142. Surface Oscillations of a Rotating Liquid, December 1961
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143. Remarks on "Supersonic Panel Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell of Finite Length", January 1962
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144. Conical Flow and Rayleigh Scattering Techniques in Elastic Wave Propagation, February 1963
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145. Waves on a Thin Conducting Shell in a Magnetic Field, 1962
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146. Note on the Damping of Free-Surface Oscillations Due to Drainage, March 1962
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147. Stability of Forced Oscillations of a Spherical Pendulum, April 1962
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148. Transient Gravity Wave Response to an Oscillating Pressure, May 1962
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149. Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows, June 1962
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150. A Note on the Inviscid Orr-Sommerfeld Equation, July 1962
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151. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows. Part 4, July 1962
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152. The Generation of Surface Waves by Wind, September 1962
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153. On the Stability of a Plane Vortex Sheet with Respect to Three-Dimensional Disturbances, March 1963
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154. On the Stability of Heterogeneous Shear Flows. Part 2, June 1963
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155. Principles of Classical Mechanics and Field Theory, June 1963
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156. On the Annular Damper for a Freely Precessing Gyroscope-II, June 1963
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157. Wave Response of Harbors to Tsunamis, July 1963
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158. The Cauchy-Poisson Problem for a Rotating Liquid, September 1963
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159. On Free-Surface Oscillations in a Rotating Paraboloid, October 1963
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160. Baroclinic Instability of the Zonal Wind, February 1964
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161. Stability of a Continuum Plasma, February 1964
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162. Free-Surface Oscillations in a Slowly Rotating Liquid, 1964
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163. A Note on Charney's Model of Zonal-Wind Instability, July 1964
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164. Baroclinic Instability of the Zonal Wind: Part II, September 1964
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165. Note on a Heterogeneous Shear Flow, October 1964
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166. Baroclinic Instability of the Zonal Wind: Part II, November 1964
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167. Diffusion into a Slender Growing Root, February 1965
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168. Effects of Diffusion on Baroclinic Instability of the Zonal Wind, March 1965
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169. A Note on Shock-Shock Diffraction, May 1965
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170."Hydrodynamic Stability in Geophysics, June 1965
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171. A Note on the Interaction Between Surface Waves and Wind Profiles, August 1965
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172. Instability of Very Long Waves in a Zonal Flow, August 1965
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173. Comments on "General Analysis of the Stability of Superposed Fluids", September 1965
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174. Stability of Forced Oscillations of a Vibrating String, 1965
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175. A Note on Baroclinic Instability of the Zonal Wind to Short Waves, January 1966
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176. Newtonian Flow Over a Stationary Body in Unsteady Flow, January 1966
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177. Bores, Breakers, Waves and Wakes, March 1966
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178. Time Required for Establishing Detached Bow Shock, June 1966
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179. The Generation of Surface Waves by Wind, 1966
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180. Hydrodynamic Instability in a Rotating Compressible Fluid, 1966
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181. The Collapse Time of a Closed Cavity, August 1966
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182. Response of a Layered Half-Space to a Moving Load, September 1966
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183. One-Dimensional Stress-Wave Propagation in a Heterogeneous Medium, December 1966
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184. Taylor Instability in a Viscous Liquid, December 1966
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185. Electrostatics of Slender Bodies, January 1967
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186. Surface-Wave Damping in Closed Basins, March 1967
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187. Internal Waves in a Continuously Stratified Atmosphere or Ocean, May 1967
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188. Surface-Wave Scattering Matrix for a Shelf, June 1967
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189. The Dynamics of the Upper Ocean, September 1967
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190. Methoden und Ergebnisse der Theoretischen Ozeanographie. II. Interne Wellen, September 1967
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191. Effects of Surface Films on Air-Sea Interaction, September 1967
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192. On the Generation of Surface Waves by Shear Flows. Part 5, October 1967
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193. Decay of Spherical Blast Waves, December 1967
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194. A Note on Shock Diffraction by a Supersonic Wedge, February 1968
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195. Lee Waves in a Stratified Flow. Part 1. Thin Barrier, May 1968
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196. Lee Waves in a Stratified Flow. Part 2. Semi-Circular Obstacle, September 1968
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197. Damping of Gravity Waves by Surface Films, October 1968
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198. A Note on the Potential Flow Past a Lemniscate and a General Method of Milne-Thomson, October 1968
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199. The Cauchy-Poisson Problem for a Viscous Liquid, November 1968
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200. Scattering of Gravity Waves by a Circular Dock, December 1968
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201. Lee Waves in a Stratified Flow. Part 3. Semi-Elliptical Obstacle, February 1969
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202. Lee Waves in a Stratified Flow. Part 4. Perturbation Approximations, February 1969
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203. Fluid Mechanics and Singular Perturbations: A Collection of Papers by Saul Kaplun, March 1969
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204. The Lee-Wave Regime for a Slender Body in a Rotating Flow, April 1969
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205. Waves and Wave Drag in Stratified Flows, August 1968
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206. Transient Motion of a Dipole in a Rotating Flow, November 1969
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207. The Lee-Wave Regime for a Slender Body in a Rotating Flow. Part 2, June 1970
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208. The Oseenlet as a Model for Separated Flow in a Rotating Viscous Liquid, June 1970
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209. Internal Waves Generated by a Horizontally Moving Source, January 1971
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210. Boundary-Layer Separation on a Sphere in a Rotating Flow, February 1971
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211. A Note on Variational Principles for Surface-Wave Scattering, March 1971
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212. Resonant Response of Harbours: An Equivalent-Circuit Analysis, March 1971
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213. Potential and Rayleigh-Scattering Theory for a Spherical Cap, April 1971
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214. Upstream Boundary-Layer Separation in Stratified Flow, August 1971
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215. Scattering by a Spherical Cap, September 1971
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217. A History and Philosophy of Fluidmechanics, March 1972
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218. A Note on Tidal Delay by Inland Seas and Harbors, April 1972
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219. Comments on "Stratified Flow Over Extended Obstacles and its Application to Topographical Effect...", May 1972
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220. Internal Waves in a Sheeted Thermocline, June 1972
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221. Axisymmetric Rotating Flow Past a Circular Disk, June 1972
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222. Wave Propagation Across the Continental Shelf, July 1972
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223. Upstream Influence of a Dipole in Rotating Flow, July 1972
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224. Kelvin Waves on Oceanic Boundaries, September 1972
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225. Resonant Response of Harbors (The Harbor Paradox Revisited), 1972
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226. On the Eigenvalue Problem for Fluid Sloshing in a Half-Space, November 1972
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227. Application of Green's Functions in Science and Engineering, by M.D. Greenberg - Review, January 1973
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228. Kelvin-Wave Diffraction by Changes in Depth, February 1973
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229. Tidal Wave Diffraction by Channels and Bays, July 1973
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230. Harbor Seiching, 1974
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231. Kelvin-Wave Diffraction by a Gap, 1974
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232. On Laplace's Tidal Equations, November 1974
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233. Laplace's Tidal Equations Revisited, 1974
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234. Helmholtz Resonance of Harbours, February 1975
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235. Dimensional Analysis for Engineers, by Edward Taylor - Review, March 1975
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236. Asymptotic Approximations for Oblate Spheroidal Wave Functions, February 1975
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237. Asymptotic Approximations for Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions, December 1975
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238. Axisymmetric Rotating Flow Past a Prolate Spheroid, November 1975
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239. Korteweg-deVries Equation Modified by Viscosity, July 1976
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240. Nonlinear Surface Waves in Closed Basins, June 1976
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241. Damping of Weakly Nonlinear Shallow-Water Waves, July 1976
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242. On Internal Resonance of Two Damped Oscillators, December 1976
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243. Collected Works of Theodore von Kàrmàn, 1952-1963, September 1976
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244. Obliquely Interacting Solitary Waves, January 1977
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245. Resonantly Interacting Solitary Waves, January 1977
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246. Asymptotic Eigensolutions of Laplace's Tidal Equation, March 1977
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247. Note on a Solitary Wave in a Slowly Varying Channel, April 1977
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248. On Hamilton's Principle for Surface Waves, November 1977

Addendum published in April, 1978.

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249. Diffraction of Solitary Waves, 1977
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250. A Membrane Model for the Response of Thin Plates to Ballistic Impact, August 1977
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251. The Ursell Paradox, 1977
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252. An Axisymmetric Boussinesq Wave, January 1978
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253. The Use of Integral Transforms, by Ian H. Sneddon - Review, April 1973
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254. On the Second Painlevè Transcendent, June 1978
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255. Linear and Nonlinear Waves, by G.B. Whitham - Review, July 1978
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256. On the Evolution of a Solitary Wave for Very Weak Nonlinearity, August 1978
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257. The Dynamics of the Upper Ocean, 2nd Edition, by O.M. Phillips - Review, October 1978
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258. The Asymptotic Solution of the Korteweg-deVries Equation in the Absence of Solitons, 1979
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259. On the Korteweg-deVries "Equation for a Gradually Varying Channel", March 1979
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260. Damping of Solitary Waves, May 1979
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261. On the Demand Oscillations of a Weakly Nonlinear Pendulum, March 1979
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262. The Boussinesq Regime for Waves in a Gradually Varying Channel, 1979
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263. On Solitary Rossby Waves, July 1979
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264. On Internal Solitary Waves, October 1979
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265. On the Evolution of a Solitary Wave in a Gradually Varying Channel, December 1979
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266. Solitary Waves, 1980
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267. Guided Solitary Waves, April 1980
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268. The Second Painlevè Transcendent: A Nonlinear Airy Function, 1980
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269. A Note on the Drag on a Slowly Moving Body in an Axisymmetric Rotating Flow, September 1980
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270. On Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, September 1980
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271. Nonlinear Helmholtz Oscillations in Harbours and Coupled Basins, March 1981
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272. The Korteweg-deVries Equation: a Historical Essay, May 1981
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273. Waves in a Rapidly Rotating Gas, June 1981
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274. Diffraction of Gravity Waves by a Barrier Reef, August 1981
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275. On Internal Solitary Waves, II, August 1981
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276. An Envelope Soliton Problem, October 1981
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277. Hamiltonian Formulations for Surface Waves, October 1981
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278. Oblique Surface-Wave Diffraction by a Cylindrical Obstacle, December 1981
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279. A Note on Edge Waves on a Flat Shelf, December 1981
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280. On Resonance of an Offshore Channel Bounded by a Reef, 1981
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281. On a Nonlinear Bessel Equation, February 1982
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282. On Surface-Wave Diffraction by a Trench, February 1982
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283. On Rayleigh Scattering by a Grating, July 1982
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284. Hydrodynamic Stability by P.G. Drazin and W.H. Reid - Book review by John Miles, July 1982
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285. On Surface-Wave Radiation from a Submerged Cylindrical Duct, September 1982
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286. Elements of Soliton Theory by G.L. Lamb Jr. - Book review by John Miles, January 1983
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287. Solitons and the Inverse Scattering Transform by M.J. Ablowitz and H. Segur - Review by John Miles, February 1983
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288. Surface-Wave Interaction with a Deeply Submerged Circular Duct, May 1983
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289. Surface-Wave Diffraction by a Periodic Row of Submerged Ducts, March 1983
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290. Solitary Wave Evolution Over a Gradual Slope with Turbulent Friction, March 1983
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291. Wave Evolution Over a Gradual Slope with Turbulent Friction, August 1983
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292. An Applied Mathematician's Apology, September 1983
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293. Resonant, Nonplanar Motion of a Stretched String, May 1984
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294. Chaotic Motion of a Weakly Nonlinear, Modulated Oscillator, June 1984
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295. Resonant Motion of a Spherical Pendulum, June 1984
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296. Resonantly Forced Motion of Two Quadratically Coupled Oscillators, August 1984
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297. Strange Attractors in Fluid Dynamics, 1984
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298. Nonlinear Faraday Resonance, 1985
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299. On Damped Resonant Interactions, October 1984
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300. Parametrically Excited Solitary Waves, November 1984
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301. Internally Resonant Surface Waves in a Circular Cylinder, December 1984
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302. Resonantly Forced Surface Waves in a Circular Cylinder, December 1984
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303. On Interfacial Solitary Waves Over Slowly Varying Topography, December 1984
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304. Note on a Parametrically Excited, Trapped Cross-Wave, February 1985
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305. Nonlinear Waves, ed. L. Debnath - Review by John Miles, February 1985
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306. Surface Waves in Basins of Variable Depth, March 1985
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307. Resonantly Forced Rossby Waves, April 1985
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308. Resonantly Forced, Nonlinear Gravity Waves in a Shallow Rectangular Tank, May 1985
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309. Parametric Excitation of an Internally Resonant Double Pendulum, May 1985
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310. Internal Resonance of a Detuned Spherical Pendulum, July 1985
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311. Weakly Dispersive Nonlinear Gravity Waves, August 1985
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312. Ocean Wave Modeling by the SWAMP Group - Review by John Miles, August 1985
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313. Stationary, Transcritical Channel Flow, January 1986
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314. Tidal Damping in Laplace's Global Ocean, February 1986
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315. Resonant Amplification of Gravity Waves Over a Circular Sill, June 1986
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316. A Note on the Three-Particle Lattice and the Henon-Heiles Problem, August 1986
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317. Parametric Excitation of an Internally Resonant Double Pendulum, II, September 1986
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318. Richardson's Criterion for the Stability of Stratified Shear Flow, October 1986
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319. Weakly Nonlinear Waves in a Stratified Fluid: A Variational Formulation, November 1986
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320. Weakly Nonlinear Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves, November 1986
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321. On Surface-Wave Forcing by a Circular Disk, February 1987
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322. Parametrically Excited, Standing Cross-Waves, January 1988
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323. Parametrically Excited, Progressive Cross-Waves, January 1988
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324. The Evolution of a Weakly Nonlinear, Weakly Damped, Capillary-Gravity Wave Packet, February 1988
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325. Guided Surface Waves Near Cutoff, April 1988
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326. Resonance and Symmetry Breaking for a Nonlinear Oscillator, July 1988
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327. Resonance and Symmetry Breaking for the Pendulum, August 1988
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328. Directly Forced Oscillations of an Inverted Pendulum, November 1988
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329. Edge Waves on a Gently Sloping Beach, February 1989
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330. The Pendulum from Huygens' Horologium to Symmetry Breaking and Chaos, March 1989
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331. Resonance and Symmetry Breaking for a Duffing Oscillator, June 1989
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332. On the Resonant Response of a Weakly Damped, Non-linear Oscillator, June 1989
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333. Symmetries of Internally Resonant, Parametrically Excited Surface Waves, September 1989
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334. A Complement of Weber's Integral, SIAM Review, December 1989
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335. Parametrically Forced Surface Waves, January 1990
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337. Single-Mode Faraday Waves in Small Cylinders
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338. Parametrically Excited Standing Edge Waves, May 1990
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339. Wave Reflection from a Gently Sloping Beach, May 1990
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341. On a Periodically Forced, Weakly Damped Pendulum: Part 2: Horizontal Forcing, July 1990
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342. On a Periodically Forced, Weakly Damped Pendulum: Part 3: Vertical Forcing, July 1990
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343. Richardson's Number Revisited, July 1990
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344. Capillary-Viscous Forcing of Surface Waves, October 1990
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345. The Capillary Boundary Layer for Standing Waves, January 1991
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346. Faraday Waves in 2:1 Internal Resonance, January 1991
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347. Standing Radial Cross-Waves, January 1991
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348. Oscillations and Waves in Linear and Nonlinear Systems by M.I. Rabinovich and D.I. Trubetskov - Review by John Miles, January 1991
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349. Wave Motion in a Viscous Fluid of Variable Depth, Part 2: Moving Contract Line, February 1991
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350. Chaotic Dynamics: an Introduction by G.L. Baker and J.P. Gollub - Review by John Miles, February 1991
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351. Nonlinear Asymmetric Excitation of Edge Waves, May 1991
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352. A Note on Surface Films and Surface Waves, May 1991
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353. On the Initial-Value Problem for a Wavemaker, August 1991
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354. Solitary Wave Preoccupations, September 1991
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355. Variational Approximations for Gravity Waves in Water of Variable Depth, November 1991
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356. The Atmosphere-A Challenge - Review by John Miles, March 1992
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357. On Rayleigh's Investigation of Crispations of Fluid Resting on a Vibrating Support, November 1992
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358. Progressive Radial Cross-Waves, December 1992
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359. On Surface Waves with Zero Contact Angle, December 1992
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360. On Faraday Waves, March 1993
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361. The Electric Bell Revisited, SIAM Review, June 1993
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362. Parametric Excitation of a Detuned Spherical Pendulum, June 1993
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363. Analytical Integration for the Exponential Profile, July 1993
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364. Gravity Wave Reflection at a Discontinuity in Bottom Slope, June 1993
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365. Surface-Wave Generation Revisited, November 1993
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366. Resonance Leads to Chaos in Standing Radial Cross-Waves, 1993
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367. Analytical Solutions for the Ekman Layer, March 1994
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368. Collected Papers of Lewis Fry Richardson. Volume 1: Meteorology and Numerical Analysis, ed. by P.G. Drazin - Review by John Miles, April 1994
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369. On Transversely Isotropic Eddy Viscosity, May 1994
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370. Faraday Waves: Rolls Versus Squares, June 1994
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371. On Viscoelastic Eddy Viscosity, September 1994
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372. Surface-Wave Damping in a Circular Cylinder with a Fixed Contact Line, September 1994
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373. Hydrodynamic by Sir Horace Lamb - Unsigned review, June 1995
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374. A Note on Modulated Cross-Waves, July 1995
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375. Dynamics and Modelling of Ocean Waves, by G.J. Komen, et al. - Review by John Miles, October 1995
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376. On Forced Capillary-Gravity Waves in a Circular Cylinder, 1996
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377. On Viscoelastic Eddy Viscosity for Flow Over a Wavy Surface, April 1996
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378. Surface-Wave Generation: a Viscoelastic Model, September 1996
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379. On Janssen's Model for Surface Wave Generation by a Gusty Wind, April 1997
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380. On the Vorticity of Long Gravity Waves in Water of Variable Depth, 1997
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381. Generation of Surface Waves by Wind, July 1997
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382. Chaotic Dynamics: an Introduction by G.L. Baker and J.P. Gollub - Unsigned review, July 1997
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383. A Note on the Burgers-Rott Vortex with a Free Surface, 1998
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384. Surface-Wave Generation by Gusty Wind, February 1998

Unnumbered Writings

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Note on Taylor Instability of an Accelerated Plane, 1966
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Taylor Instability of a Flat Plate, 1967
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Axisymmetric Flow of a Rotating, Viscous Liquid Over a Given Stream Surface, 1969
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A Note on Unseparated Axisymmetric Flow in a Viscous Liquid, 1971

Reports

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On Linearized Supersonic Airfoil Theory, November 1, 1948
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The Application of Unsteady Flow Theory to the Calculation of Dynamic Stability Derivatives, September 8, 1950
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Dynamic Instability due to Chordwise Deformation, October 18, 1950
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Chordwise Divergence of Delta Wings, November 21, 1950
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On the Improbability of Low Aspect Ratio Wing Flutter, January 30, 1951
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Lectures on Aeroelasticity, 1952
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On the Motion of a Finite, Towed Cable, October 1954
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Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell, I. General Theory, August 19, 1955
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Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell, III. Aeolotropic Shell, December 2, 1955
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Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell, IV. Effects of Non-Uniform Steady Flow, December 7, 1955
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Supersonic Flutter of a Cylindrical Shell, May 25, 1956
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Homogeneous Solutions in Elastic Wave Propagation, April 2, 1958
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On the Response of Shock-Spectrum Gauges, June 26, 1958
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Sudden Application of a Concentrated Load to an Elastic Half Space, July 31, 1958
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Response of a Layered Half-Space to a Moving Load, January 29, 1959
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Surface Oscillations of Rotating Liquid in a Gravity-Free Field, June 1960
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Notes on the Diffraction of Blasts by Flying Vehicles, August 26, 1963
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A Note on Shock-Shock Diffraction, May 13, 1964
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Newtonian Flow Over a Stationary Body in Unsteady Flow, August 3, 1964
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Quasi-Stationary Aerodynamics of Delta Wings
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Aeroelastic Properties of Unswept Wings, Lifting Line Theory - Report G.M. 115 (A-101). A.F. Project MX-775, Northrop Aircraft, Inc
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Aeroelastic Properties of a Swept Wing - Report G.M. 103-IV. A.F. Project MX-775, Northrop Aircraft, Inc

Lectures

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Future with Atomic Energy, Division of Engineering Extension, May 27, 1947
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Lectures on Axisymmetric Motion of a Body in a Rotating Liquid, 1969
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Why Space Technology?, January 27, 1958

RESEARCH

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) RESEARCH: Arranged in two subseries: A) Subject Files and B) Grants. A) Subject Files, arranged alphabetically, includes source material related to Miles' research. The papers contain research notes, calculations, and data. B) The Grants files represent the proposals for the National Science Foundation grant for the Support of Atmospheric Research Laboratory in Los Angeles and San Diego. Miles participated as a faculty associate at the La Jolla laboratories of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, from 1964 to 1969. The materials are arranged chronologically and contain correspondence and reports.

Subject Files

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Accelerated plate
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Critical layer, 1965
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Elastic diffraction problems, 1958 - 1959
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Ellipsoidal bubble in rotating flow, 1969
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Generation of surface waves, 1971
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Oblate spheroidal wave functions, 1974
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Old harbor notes on waves
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Solitary wave diffraction - Transparencies
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Traveling load problems, 1956

Grants

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Proposal to the National Science Foundation for Support of the Atmospheric Research Laboratory..., 1963
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Summary activities and reports of the Atmospheric Research Laboratory, 1960 - 1969

UCLA TEACHING MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) UCLA TEACHING MATERIALS: In 1945, Miles was an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in the department of engineering and in the physics department in 1947, teaching courses in engineering dynamics and fluid mechanics. The papers contain course material for engineering dynamics and linear systems classes including exams, notes, course outlines, and reports.

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Circuit Analysis 100A - Exams, 1947 - 1955
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Engineering Dynamics 102A - Exercises and exams, 1946

Engineering Dynamics 102B

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Exams and notes, 1947 - 1948
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Exams, 1952 - 1954
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Progress report, 1948
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Elementary Fluid Mechanics 103A - Course outlines and exams, 1948 - 1955
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Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics 105A - Exams, 1948 - 1950

Linear System Solutions by Transformation Method 181A

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Notes and problem solutions, 1956
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Course outlines and exams, 1952 - 1953

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS: Arranged alphabetically, includes conference materials, Guggenheim fellowship correspondence, professional dossiers, and a state of California professional engineering certificate.

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International Congress of Applied Mechanics (11th), Munich, Germany, August 30 - September 5, 1964
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International Congress of Applied Mechanics (12th), Stanford University, August 26-31, 1968
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation - Fellowship, 1958
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NATO Advanced Study Institute, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, July 1-6, 1968
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Professional dossiers
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State of California State Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers - Certificate, 1948

UC & UCSD SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) UC AND UCSD SUBJECT FILES: Contains materials related to University history. Miles' original file titles were retained and the files are arranged alphabetically by these titles. One file relates to the loyalty oath controversy, which took place across the University of California system. Other files relate to UCSD specifically, including detailing the history of the Institute for Nonlinear Studies and the Institute of Geophysics. While several subject files include a wide variety of materials - from memos and correspondence to newspapers clippings - the folder labeled "Student demonstrations" contains only two memos and one faculty statement about demonstrations at UCSD.

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Photographs - Symposium of Fluid Mechanics & Related Matters, honoring John Miles on his 70th birthday, 1990 December 1

Photos by Rick Salmon.

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University of California - Loyalty oath controversy, 1950 - 1969

University of California, San Diego

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Control of surfboards on Scripps beach, 1965 - 1985
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Institute for Nonlinear Studies (INLS) - Early history, 1983 - 1992
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Institute of Geophysics, La Jolla - Early history, 1959 - 1964
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"May Crisis," re. Vote of no confidence in Chancellor McElroy, 1979
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Student demonstrations, 1965, 1970