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Blueprint showing the contour of a Woodhead special spring main leaf under torsion and load.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 42\3\  Scan201
Date  10th August 1926 guessed
  
SPRING CONTOUR UNDER TORSION
SHACKLE ANGLE BEFORE TORSION 21°
AFTER 18.5°
WITH 1100 LBS LOAD
WITH TORQUE GIVING 6° LEAN
T
SHOWING THE SHAPE ASSUMED BY A WOODHEAD SPECIAL SPRING MAIN LEAF UNDER THE ACTION OF
A 1100 LB LOAD, & A TORQUE APPLIED AS SHOWN
THE VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL SCALES ARE NOT EQUAL
VERTICAL SCALE 1" = 1"
HORIZONTAL SCALE 1" = 10"
  
  
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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