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Graph illustrating the efficiency and deflection characteristics of a pin-jointed octagon.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 92\4\  scan0039
Date  21th December 1934 guessed
  
100%
90%
EFFICIENCY
(95.5%)
% EFFICIENCY
70%
EFFICIENCY OF PIN JOINTED OCTAGON
R R PIN JOINTS NOS. G.53634 G.50142 G.52047
SPRING BALANCE IN ONE "SECONDARY" SIDE
GIVING DEFINITE SLIP IN JOINTS
FOR N = 95.5% M = 0.265
DEFLECTION - THOUSANDTHS OF AN INCH
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
LBS - INPUT
0 20 70 120 170 220 320 420 520 620
  
  
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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