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Illustrations of streamlined vehicle designs and a graph showing the effect of side wind.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161\1\  scan0024
Date  3rd November 1936 guessed
  
Fig. 2.
StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Truck
Fig. 3.
StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Bus
Fig. 6.
StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Rail Car
Fig. 7.
StreamlineExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.Ed Freight Container Car
R = COMPONENT OF THE AIR FORCE ALONG DIRECTION OF MOTION
AIR FORCE
MOTION
α°
SIDE WIND
ordinary car
EFFECT OF SIDE WIND
STREAMLINEExperimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.ED CAR
#4
#5
α IN DEGREES
Fig. 11.
  
  
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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