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The stiffness and natural frequency of a supercharger drive.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\5\  scan0008
Date  26th May 1932 guessed
  
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SUPERCHARGER.

The stiffness of the drive to this, a .650 dia solid shaft 8.700 long is 23600 lbs ins/radium.

The natural frequency of the supercharger on its drive is 105/sec. This would lower the critical speed of the crankshaft. We suggest that the stiffness of the drive be reduced to about ⅓ its present value.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Gry. {Shadwell Grylls}
  
  
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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