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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).
Tensile test results for fully heat-treated stampings of bearing caps and a diesel engine connecting rod.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 116\2\  scan0133
Date  22th December 1939 guessed
  
Figure 1.
TENSILE TEST PIECES TAKEN FROM ACTUAL STAMPINGS.
FULLY HEAT TREATED.

BEARING CAP.
Figure 1.
Position Ult. Stress Tons per sq. in. Elongn. % Brinell Hard-ness
1. 27.75 16.0 138
2. 27.0 10.0 129
3. 27.0 15.0 134
4. 28.0 16.0 138

Figure 2.
BEARING CAP.
Figure 2.
Position 1. 27.5 10.0 134
2. 27.0 13.0 134
3. 27.5 10.0 134
4. 27.5 12.0 138

DIESEL ENGINE CONNECTING ROD.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Position 1. 27.0 10.0 134
2. 27.0 10.0 129
3. 26.9 12.5 134
4. 27.3 15.0 129
5. 27.2 12.0 129
6. 27.1 12.5 134
  
  


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