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Graph comparing the performance ratings of a Woodhead's Special Spring and a 1st Standard Spring under varying loads.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 67a\1\  scan0221
Date  27th May 1925 guessed
  
(13) SPRING RATING TESTS. (η & α)
COMPARISON OF SPRINGS
Wide Pads, 21" Shackles

Mean Curve

Y-Axis: SPRING RATING LBS/INS.
X-Axis: TOTAL SPRING LOAD LBS.

Legend:
η = WOODHEAD'S SPECIAL SPRING
α = 1ST STANDARD SPRING
  
  
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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