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Graph from a spring rating test comparing a standard spring with Woodhead's special spring.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 43\2\  Scan169
Date  27th May 1926 guessed
  
(13) SPRING RATING TESTS. (η & α)
COMPARISON OF SPRINGS
Wide Pads, 21" Shackles

Mean Curve

η = WOODHEAD'S SPECIAL SPRING
α = 1st SS {S. Smith} STANDARD SPRING

AXIS LABELS:
Vertical: SPRING RATING LBS/INS
Horizontal: TOTAL SPRING LOAD LBS.
  
  
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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