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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).
Diagram illustrating forces and torques on a tyre, including side thrust from camber and slip angle.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 170\3\  img043
Date  14th July 1933 guessed
  
SIDE THRUST FROM CAMBER
CENTRE LINE OF KINGPIN MEETS GROUND
TORQUE FROM SLIP ANGLE
SIDE THRUST FROM SLIP ANGLE φ
COMBINED TORQUE
TORQUE FROM CAMBER
CENTRE LINE OF TYRE
CONTACT.
KINGPIN.
  
  


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