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Graph plotting pressure against piston velocity under various air temperatures, with a diagram illustrating passage design.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\R\2December1927-February1928\  Scan153
Date  8th February 1928 guessed
  
GRAPH II
MAX: PISTON VEL:
% VARIATION NORMAL TEMPS: 6%
% VARIATION EXCEPTIONAL TEMPS: 20%
PRESSURE LBS / D"
AVERAGE VEL:
PISTON VEL: INS/SEC
AIR TEMP
-10°C.
+10°C } NORMAL TEMP VARIATION
+25°C
+40°C.
ILLUSTRATING THE WIDELY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PASSAGE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE THE DESIRABLE K.E. AND TURBULENCE LOSS.
PASSAGES .100 LONG .083 DIA:
2.5"
.137
  
  
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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