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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).
Graph of torsional vibrations, showing the reduction in amplitude with a decrease in the frictional mounting of the flywheel.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 25\3\  Scan170
Date  20th November 1939
  
TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS
CURVES SHOWING REDUCTION
IN AMLITUDE OF VIBRATIONS
WITH DECREASE IN THE
FRICTIONAL MOUNTING OF
THE FLYWHEEL

AMPLITUDE OF VIBRATION DEGREES
CRANK ANGLE DEGREES

NON-RIGID FLYWHEEL
CLAMPED
FRICTION = 1600 LB INS
" = 1200 LB INS
" = 800 LB INS
" = 400 LB INS

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20 NOV 1939
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