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).
Torsional test results for a Condor III crankshaft, showing deflection graphs and a data table.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\4\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 18th November 1924 guessed | |
| CONDOR III CRANKSHAFT TORSIONAL TEST (E.20961) EFFECTIVE TORQUE IN LBS. INS. DEFLECTION IN INCHES Graph Labels: No 1, No 2, No 4, No 3, No 6, No 5, Nos 7 & 8, No 9, No 10, No 11, No 12 PERMANENT SET REPRESENTED BY DOTTED LINES. DEFLECTION READINGS TAKEN AT A POINT ON WEB 3.750 INS FROM JOURNAL CENTRE. TABLE: DEFLECTION TORQUE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2000 NIL .001 .002 .002 .003 .003 .004 .004 .006 .007 .009 .0075 4000 NIL .0015 .004 .0035 .007 .007 .0085 .0105 .012 .013 .0145 .015 6000 .001 .003 .0045 .0045 .010 .010 .013 .013 .017 .018 .0205 .021 8000 .0015 .004 .007 .007 .013 .013 .017 .017 .0235 .024 .027 .028 10000 .002 .005 .010 .009 .0165 .016 .022 .0212 .030 .030 .0335 .035 12000 .0025 .0055 .012 .012 .021 .020 .0275 .0275 .0345 .036 .040 .042 14000 .003 .007 .015 .015 .024 .023 .031 .031 .040 .0415 .0455 .0475 16000 .0035 .008 .017 .017 .027 .026 .035 .035 .044 .047 .0515 .0525 THIS SHAFT WAS SET UP FOR TEST SIMILAR TO CONDOR I SEE SKETCH ON REPORT OF SAME. | ||