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Data log of a torsion test on a spring, recording torque versus torsion angle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\3\  Scan104
Date  17th March 1923 guessed
  
X2628

Weight of Lever = 10 lbs.
Weight of Tray = 66 1/4 lbs.

Load applied at 1 ft. from centre of Spring.

Torque. Torsion Torque Torsion
ft. lbs. Degrees & mins. ft. lbs. Degrees & mins.

0 0° 436.5 100° 45 mins.
66.5 10° 30 mins. 446.5 100° 55 "
76.5 20° 456.5 110° 10 "
86.5 20° 5 mins. 466.5 110° 20 "
96.5 20° 10 " 476.5 110° 35 "
106.5 20° 20 " 486.5 110° 50 "
116.5 20° 30 " 496.5 110° 55 "
126.5 20° 35 " 506.5 120° 5 "
136.5 20° 45 " 516.5 120° 15 "
146.5 30° 526.5 120° 25 "
156.5 30° 15 " 536.5 120° 35 "
166.5 30° 40 " 546.5 120° 45 "
176.5 30° 55 " 556.5 130°
186.5 40° 10 " 566.5 130° 10 "
196.5 40° 30 " 576.5 130° 25 "
206.5 40° 50 " 586.5 130° 35 "
216.5 50° 10 " 596.5 130° 40 "
226.5 50° 30 " 606.5 130° 55 "
236.5 50° 50 " 616.5 140° 10 "
246.5 60° 10 "
256.5 60° 30 "
266.5 70°
276.5 70° 20 "
286.5 70° 35 "
296.5 70° 50 "
306.5 80°
316.5 80° 15 "
326.5 80° 30 "
336.5 80° 50 "
346.5 90° 5 "
356.5 90° 20 "
366.5 90° 30 "
376.5 90° 45 "
386.5 90° 55 "
396.5 100° 5 "
406.5 100° 15 "
416.5 100° 25 "
426.5 100° 35 "
  
  
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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