Torsion and tensile test results for a Peregrine connecting rod and piston assembly.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page234 | |
| Date | 14th November 1932 | |
| PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) CON-ROD & PISTON TESTS TORSION TEST CON-ROD BIG END FIXED. TORQUE APPLIED AT PISTON CROWN. PISTON: E.100035 GUDGEON PIN: E.100038 CON-ROD: E.100156 L.O.P. ANGULAR DEFLECTION - DEGREES TORQUE LB. FT. θ° = 4.53 T / 20 TENSILE TEST - CON-ROD ONLY FIXED AT BIG END. LOAD SUSPENDED FROM LITTLE END. EXTENSION - INS. TENSILE LOAD - LB. E = .006 T / 1000 | ||
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).