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Graph and table detailing crankshaft torsion tests for Phantom and 20 HP models.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\R\2December1927-February1928\  Scan035
Date  7th December 1927
  
GRAPH 2.
CRANKSHAFT TORSION TESTS.
PHANTOM & 20 H.P.

TABLE DATA:
CURVE | CRANKSHAFT & CONDITIONS | STIFFNESS LBS.FT./RAD
2 | STD. PHANTOM. SEVEN BEARINGS. | 45,000
3 | STD. PHANTOM. BEARINGS. 1-4-7. | 42,100
5 | SPORTS PHANTOM. (E.76546) 7 BEARINGS | 38,820
6 | DITTO. BEARINGS. 1-4-7. | 30,600
1 | 20 H.P. STD. PARTLY MACHINED. OPERATION.15 | 53,000
4 | " Op. 19 | 41,400
7 | " Op. 21. | 27,200
8 | " Op. 22. | 25,600
9 | " Op. 31. | 22,800
10 | " Op. 33 A. {Mr Adams} | 17,400
11 | " ALSO STD. 20 H.P. 7 BEARINGS. Op. 39.A. | 16,400
12 | STD. 20 H.P. BEARINGS 1-4-7. | 15,400
13 | STD. 20 H.P. BEARINGS. 1-7. | 15,280

AXIS LABELS:
Y-AXIS: LBS FT TORQUE ON NOSE.
X-AXIS: DEGREES TWIST IN SHAFT.

GRAPH LABELS:
CURVE 1.
CALCULATED FIG. FOR 6. CYL. SHAFT LIKE STUTZ.
  
  
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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