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Flywheel deflection test results for a 20 HP engine, including a table of loads and deflection measurements.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 137\4\  scan0105
Date  24th October 1930
  
20 HP FLYWHEEL DEFLECTION TESTS
LOAD APPLIED TO LEVER 3 FT. LONG ATTACHED TO FLYWHEEL BY SPRING CARTRIDGES
THE EFFECTIVE WT. OF LEVER = 4 LB. THE CLOCKS WERE SET AT ZERO WITH THE LEVER IN POSITION, & THE LOADS GIVEN IN THE TABLE ARE THE ACTUAL WTS APPLIED.

LOAD ON LEVER LB. | DEFLECTION - INS. | CLOCK A | CLOCK B | CLOCK C | CLOCK D
ZERO | ZERO | ZERO | ZERO | ZERO
20 | .003 | .004 | .005 | .0035
40 | .0055 | .008 | .008 | .0055
60 | .008 | .0125 | .012 | .008
80 | .011 | .0165 | .016 | .010
100 | .0125 | .020 | .020 | .0115
SET | O | O | O | O

DIMENSIONS & LABELS ON DRAWING:
E No6 BRG
5.260
4.910
3 FT.
A, B, C, D
6.000"
.250"
.750"
7.060
8.060
WLB

DIMENSIONS MEASURED OFF ARRGT DRG G.53692
STAMP: FILED 28 OCT 1930
  
  
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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