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).
Permanent distortion in an unstrengthened axle during front spring buckling tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\3\ scan0226 | |
| Date | 11th June 1934 | |
| X 201 To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KW.11.6.34. The attached print shows the permanent distortion which took place in the axle of 1-B-IV during the recent test when we were trying to buckle the front springs. This axle is one of the earliest unstrengthened type. We understand that Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} has already made provision in the latest scheme to take care of the bending stresses which produce the permanent distortion in the horizontal plane shown on the sketch. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||