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The stroboscopic method for measuring speed, including relevant formulas and a data table.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 79\1\  scan0254
Date  15th February 1916
  
R.R. 235 a (400 T) (S C. 536 15-2-16) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 1546.

X.2720
STROBOSCOPIC METHOD OF SPEED MEASUREMENT.

Frequency of supply = f
No. of views per second = 2f
" " " minute = 120f

Regular figure of s sides running at speed N R.P.M. recurs
sN {Mr Sanderson} /n times per minute, where n is an integer i.e. 1,2,3,etc

If sN {Mr Sanderson} /n = 120f.

N = 120fn/s

If f = 41.25 N = 4950 n/s

Table of values:
s | n=1 | n=2 | n=3 | n=4 | n=5
3 | 1650 | 3300 | 4950 | 6600 | 8250
4 | 1237.5 | 2475 | 3712.5 | 4950 | 6187.5
5 | 990 | 1980 | 2970 | 3960 | 4950
6 | 825 | 1650 | 2475 | 3300 | 4125
7 | 707 | 1414 | 2122 | 2829 | 3536
8 | 619 | 1237.5 | 185.6 | 2475 | 3094
  
  
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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