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).
Sketch showing a forked connecting rod's tendency to splay under load and where cracks occur.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 179b\3\ img331 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| BEARING BLOCK CRACKS OCCUR HERE SKETCH 2 PLAN VIEW OF FORKED CONNECTING ROD SHOWING TENDENCY OF FEET TO SPLAY UNDER LOAD FEET TEND TO SPLAY OUTWARDS & SIDEWAYS UNDER LOAD. SKETCH SHOWING METHOD OF LOADING ROD ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD. PRINT ROOM MAR 13 1933 DERBY. A B Y 13-3-33 | ||