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).
Diagrams and charts detailing piston temperature analysis and a comparison between aluminum and cast iron pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\1\ scan0109 | |
| Date | 12th October 1926 guessed | |
| PEENED OVER FIG. 2. METHOD OF FASTENING THERMOCOUPLES IN PLACE IN THE PISTON. ALUMINIUM PISTON No.1 No.3 No.4 CAST IRON PISTON No.1 ----o No.3 ----o No.4 ■ TEMPERATURE OF PISTON, DEG. FAHR. TEMPERATURE OF INLET COOLING WATER, DEG. FAHR. FIG. 5 COMPARISON OF TEMPERATURES OF THE CAST-IRON AND ALUMINUM PISTONS PLOTTED AGAINST THE COOLING-WATER TEMPERATURE. TEMPERATURE OF PISTON DEG. FAHR. TEMPERATURE OF INLET COOLING WATER, DEG. FAHR. FIG. 4. TEMPERATURES AT SEVERAL POINTS ON THE PISTON PLOTTED AGAINST THE COOLING-WATER TEMPERATURE. | ||