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Graph and data tables for front axle damper performance with 7.5 levers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 56\1\  Scan251
Date  23th November 1932 guessed
  
FRONT AXLE DAMPERS 7.5 LEVERS.
SHEET 3
COMPRESSION OR LOW PRESSURE STROKE
MEAN AXLE VEL. FT/SEC. | MEAN BALL PIN. LOAD LBS. | MAX. BALL PIN. LOAD LBS.
.75 | 27.7 | 29.5
1.07 | 32.6 | 32.6
1.50 | 40 | 45.6
2.15 | 44.5 | 58.6
3.35 | 73.0 | 106
Y-Axis: 308 LBS/D'
X-Axis: BALL END STROKE 4"

REBOUND OR HIGH PRESSURE STROKE
Y-Axis: 770 LBS/D', 616 LBS/D', 462 LBS/D', 303 LBS/D', 154 LBS/D'
X-Axis: BALL END STROKE 1"

Table 1:
AXLE VEL. FT/SEC | MAX. BALL PIN LOAD LBS. | MEAN BALL PIN LOAD. LBS. | CURVE LETTER
1.25 | 344 | 195 | A
.860 | 200 | 120 | B
.278 | 60 | 31.4 | C

AXLE VEL. .28 FT/SEC.
Table 2:
CURVE. | MAX. BALL PIN LOAD LBS. | MEAN BALL PIN LOAD. LBS.
D. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} UNDRILLED VALVES. | 134 | 38.0
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DRILLED VALVE. | 60 | 31.4
X-Axis: BALL END STROKE 1"
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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