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Graph of pressure versus piston velocity for a standard shock damper, showing performance variations with temperature.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\R\2December1927-February1928\  Scan151
Date  8th February 1928 guessed
  
GRAPH I
PRESSURE LBS/sq in
% VARIATION NORMAL TEMPS: 16%
% VARIATION EXCEPTIONAL TEMPS: 45%
AVERAGE VEL:
PISTON VEL: INS/SEC.
STANDARD TYPE OF SHOCK DAMPER PASSAGES
DIA: H.P. PASSAGE .172
DIA: L.P. PASSAGE .098
LOW TEMP EFFECTS OBTAINED BY USING OIL OF A HIGHER VISCOSITY.
AIR TEMP: -10°C
+10°C
NORMAL TEMP: VARIATION
+25°C
+40°C
HP
LP {Mr Lappin}
  
  
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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