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Page of engineering calculations for determining material stress.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\1\  Scan186
Date  31th January 1929 guessed
  
-2- Contd.

We now have

d = .056"
D = .320
W = 11.00 lbw.
L = 5.540 inches
δ = 1.750"

R = W/δ = 7.14 lbw/inch

We have also
n = (12 x 10^6 x (.056)^4) / (8 x (.320)^3 x 7.14)

= 63.1 say 63

(n+1) d = 64 x .056 = 3.580"

Stress f = (12 x 10^6 x .056 x 1.750) / (π x (.320)^2 x 63)

= 58,000.
  
  
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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