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Graph showing vibration variation during a power curve run on a liquid-cooled single-cylinder sleeve valve engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 134\1\  scan0107
Date  13th October 1938
  
LIQUID COOLED SINGLE CYLINDER SLEEVE VALVE
4.2 BORE
VS {J. Vickers} 1
VARIATION OF VIBRATION DURING A POWER CURVE RUN AT 16 BOOST
RANGE OF VIBRATION
INCHES X 10⁻³
50
40
30
20
10
x PLUG INSERT
o CENTRE HEAD
□ HEAD FLANGE
∇ CRANKCASE
CRANKSHAFT R.P.M.
3000
3400
3800
4200
4600
LR {Mr Ellor} /HWS/SGL 13/10/38
  
  
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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