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Test results and diagram for 20 HP flywheel deflection tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5\6\  06-page083
Date  24th October 1930
  
20 HP FLYWHEEL DEFLECTION TESTS
LOAD APPLIED TO LEVER 3 FT LONG ATTACHED TO FLYWHEEL BY SPRING CARTRIDGES
THE EFFECTIVE WT. OF LEVER = 4 LB. THE CLOCKS WERE SET AT ZERO WITH THE LEVER IN POSITION, & THE LOADS GIVEN IN THE TABLE ARE THE ACTUAL WTS APPLIED.

TABLE DATA:
LOAD ON LEVER LB | DEFLECTION - INS
CLOCK A | CLOCK B | CLOCK C | CLOCK D
ZERO | ZERO | ZERO | ZERO | ZERO
20 | .003 | .004 | .005 | .0035
40 | .0055 | .008 | .008 | .0055
60 | .008 | .0125 | .012 | .008
80 | .011 | .0165 | .016 | .010
100 | .0125 | .020 | .020 | .0115
SET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

DIAGRAM TEXT:
2 N/B ERS.
5.260
4.910
7.060
8.060
.250"
.750"
6.000"
3 FT
A
B
C
D
WLB

DIMENSIONS MEASURED OFF ARRGT DRG G 53692
STAMP: 26 NOV 1930
  
  
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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