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Specifications and calculations for a long low rate unenamelled spring.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\1\  Scan185
Date  31th January 1929 guessed
  
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LONG LOW RATE SPRING Y (UNENAMELLED)

Maximum load = 11.00 lbw
Initial load = 6.00 lbw.
Working compression = .700 inches.
Rate = 5.00 / .700 = 7.14 lbw/inch (R)
Compressed length = 4.000" (L!)
Initial length = 4.700"
Free length = 5.540" (L)
δ = 1.540"
Suppose D = .264 + .056 = .320"
Then d = 5√((8 x (.320)³ x 7.14 x .4000) / (12 x 10⁶))
= 1/10 5√((8 x (.32)³ x 7.14) / 3)
= 1/10 5√.0623
= .0573"

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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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