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And a diagram detailing torsion test results on a miniature crankshaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\2\  Scan058
Date  27th October 1919
  
Torsion Tests on Miniature Crankshaft Journals, pins, & Webs

C* - C1
13
1.5 inch ton
(pins clipped)
2.4 inch tons

C1 - D B B1
16
3.0 inch tons
web broke first
2.1 inch tons

A1 - B
40
2.7 inch tons

A
10° 1st fracture
about 60° to
Completely
2.7 inch tons

D
11° to fracture
completely
2.7 inch tons

C - B1
9° / 15° to fracture
completely
2.1 inch tons
  
  
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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