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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).
Graphs showing results of three tests on a dry, cadmium-plated front spring after a 4000-mile road test.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\S\September1928-October1928\  Scan108
Date  12th September 1928
  
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FRONT SPRING TESTS - 12 EX. - CADMIUM PLATED
F.78164 - 1050 LB - AFTER ROAD TEST - 4000 MILES
-DRY-
THIS SPRING WAS PURPOSELY NOT LUBRICATED DURING ONE TEST

Graph 3:
TEST N°3
DEFLECTION - INS: 5, 4, 3
APPLIED LOAD - LB -: 900, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1700
HYSTERISIS LBS.: 30, 88, 80, 76

Graph 2:
TEST N°2
DEFLECTION - INS: 5, 4, 3
APPLIED LOAD - LB -: 900, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1700
HYSTERISIS LBS.: 72, 68, 68, 66

Graph 1:
TEST N°1
DEFLECTION - INS: 5, 4, 3
APPLIED LOAD - LB -: 900, 1100, 1300, 1500, 1700
HYSTERISIS LBS.: 96, 90, 80, 72
  
  


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