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).
Page 2 of a report detailing a bending test on a link, noting twisting, fracture, and test setup difficulties.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 78\2\ scan0068 | |
Date | 7th June 1912 guessed | |
-2- link appear to take any bending stress, the other remaining practically vertical and merely twisting about its axis. Below is a rough sketch of the fracture. Bending Test. We had some difficulty in rigging this up for a bending test, we found we could not obtain a tight enough fit on the mandle by either a drive fit or rusting in, the boss of the link merely expanding sufficiently to allow | ||