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Diagram and chart analyzing 20 HP frame deflections under a distributed load of 5200 lbs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5\4\  04-page129
Date  4th November 1923
  
F.52766
TOTAL LOAD 5200 lbs DISTRIBUTED THUS:-
400lbs 400lbs 400lbs 500lbs 500lbs 500lbs 500lbs 300lbs 300lbs

1 — OR — 4
2 — ORIGINAL TIE RODS
3 — OR — 5

VIEW OF FRAME STIFFENERS FITTED ON NOS 4 & 5
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS SEE DRAWING F.52767.

LENGTH OF FRAME SCALE 1/12.

DEFLECTION IN INCHES. SCALE 5/1

DEFLECTIONS

TABLE DATA:
TYPE | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | DESCRIPTION
1 | .180 | .325 | .405 | .540 | .595 | .665 | .670 | .665 | .645 | .600 | .530 | .350 | .180 | WITHOUT TIE RODS OR STIFFENERS
2 | - | .130 | .250 | .265 | .414 | .425 | .470 | .493 | .495 | .497 | .482 | .325 | .203 | ORIGINAL TIE RODS ONLY
3 | - | .120 | .240 | .340 | .375 | .410 | .455 | .450 | .450 | .440 | .430 | .350 | .180 | MODIFIED TIE RODS ONLY
4 | - | .145 | .265 | .380 | .460 | .520 | .555 | .565 | .540 | .510 | .455 | .260 | .100 | NO TIE RODS. STIFFENERS ONLY
5 | - | .130 | .175 | .230 | .350 | .330 | .365 | .410 | .400 | .380 | .370 | .295 | .225 | MODIFIED TIE RODS & FRAME STIFFENERS.

FRAME DEFLECTIONS
20 H.P.
SCALE 1/12

STAMP: ROLLS-ROYCE, LIMITED AERO DIVISION (LICENSED) DERBY

HANDWRITTEN: C.J. 4-11-23
  
  
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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