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Torsional test results and diagrams for a Falcon model crankshaft.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 63\4\  scan0128
Date  25th September 1930 guessed
  
X4499
FALCON(Aero Engine) MODEL CRANKSHAFTS
TORSIONAL TESTS
DES 995
MODEL OF E.32053 CRANK.
DATUM POINTS.
READINGS SHOWN ----- DENOTE DEFLECTIONS UNDER A LOAD OF 750 LBS. ON LEVER AT 8.125" RAD.
" " --- " " PERMANENT SET.
FLYWHEEL
DATUM PEGS SWEATED ON FOR CONVENIENCE OF CLOCKING
LOAD APPLIED ON THIS ¢
PARTICULARS OF JOGGLING TEST.
Table:
R.P.M | I ON FLYWHEEL LBS FT 2 | REVERSALS | RESULT
300 | 15.1 | 2,818,400 | UNBROKEN
300 | 18.55 | 1,007,380 | FRACTURED
  
  
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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