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List of moments of inertia for various wheel and tyre combinations to investigate high-speed wobbles.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 45\1\  Scan383
Date  26th November 1926
  
X4050
26.11.26
HIGH SPEED WOBBLES. X3775 / X457
I of 6.75 tyre and tube - 70.4 lbs. ft. units.
I of 6.00° tyre and heavy tube - 78.4 lbs.ft.units.
I of disc and steel rim and wheel - 58.6 lbs.ft.units.
I of disc and wheel - 33.5 lbs. ft. units.
I of wheel alone - 17.4 lbs.ft.units.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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