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Performance graphs for a Double Piston Damper under high and low pressure conditions.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 56\1\  Scan179
Date  10th June 1931
  
TOP GRAPH:
DOUBLE PISTON DAMPER. HIGH PRESSURE.
10-6-31.
MASKED VALVE -.010" CLEARANCE -.025" DIA. H.P. VALVE LEAK. VALVE SPRING 200 LB/IN (APPROX)
'4" STROKE. 70 R.P.M. SYLPHON PRESSURES 0-3 LB/D"
10" LEVER.
Y-AXIS: 32 LB/IN BALL PIN LOAD, 308 LB/D"
X-AXIS: 120" I.S.
TABLE:
SYL. 30 LB/D" B.P. 285 LB.
" 25 " " 255 "
" 20 " " 223 "
" 15 " " 185 "
" 10 " " 148 "
" 6 " " 114 "
" 0 " " 87 "

BOTTOM GRAPH:
DOUBLE PISTON DAMPER. LOW PRESSURE.
10-6-31
MASKED VALVE -.010" CLEARANCE -.025" DIA. H.P. LEAK. VALVE SPRING 200LB/IN (APPROX.)
4" STROKE. 70 R.P.M. SYLPHON PRESSURES 0-30 LB/D"
10" LEVER.
Y-AXIS: 132 LB/IN. BALL PIN LOAD, 308 LB/D"
X-AXIS: 120" I.S.
TABLE:
SYL. 30 LB/D" B.P. 251 LB
" 25 " " 226 "
" 20 " " 198 "
" 15 " " 170 "
" 10 " " 143 "
" 6 " " 116 "
" 0 " " 92 "
  
  
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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