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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).
Graph plotting torque versus twist angle to compare the torsional rigidity of different frame configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\8\  Scan071
Date  5th July 1928 guessed
  
FOR THESE TESTS THE FRAME WAS SUPPORTED AT THE REAR ON JACKS THEREBY ELIMINATING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE REAR SPRINGS.

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LEGEND:
SOLID LINE: STANDARD FRAME
DASHED LINE: PLUS X MEMBER UNDER RADIATOR
DASH-DOT LINE: - PLUS 4 POINT MOUNTING

Y-AXIS: TORQUE LBS. FT.
X-AXIS: FRAME TWISTED FROM HORIZONTAL DEGREES. θ

FIGURES REPRESENT MEAN OF FRAME TWISTED FIRST CLOCKWISE AND THEN ANTI-CLOCKWISE.

Handwritten text (left margin): Pulling Space
  
  


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