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Results of crankshaft torsion tests on a 20 HP shaft, from its initial forging to the finished state.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\2\ Scan069 | |
| Date | 12th December 1927 | |
| To R: from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Tsn. c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to RC.{R. Childs} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X1418 Ha/Tsnl/LGS.12.27. CRANKSHAFT TORSION TESTS. X5010 Further to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn{Mr Robinson}/LGS.12.27. and Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Tsn/LGS.12.27 we are now giving fully the results of our crankshaft torsion tests with 20 HP. shaft and others. 20 HP. Crankshaft - forging to finished shaft. The attached table gives the test results. The shaft was supported throughout these operations in the two end bearings only, and the torsional deflections measured where the difference between the front and rear deflection. The machining stages are chosen to show the effect of single operations, such as reducing the journal dia., profiling webs, boring the pins etc. Owing to the difficulty of supporting a rough forging in bearings, we started at op.15. where three of the journals are rough-turned. Curve 1. on graph 1. was extrapolated to show the stiffness of the unturned forging. The other curves are - curve 2 op.19 - curve 3 op. 21. - curve 4 op. 22 - curve 5 op. 31 - curve 6 and 7 are op. 33A separated so that (approx.) - curve 6 shews effect of profiling the webs - curve 7 shews effect of reducing the pins - curve 8 oper. 39A. In the attached table, the measured stiffnesses shewn are for the shaft supported in two bearings, when tests shew it to be about 7% weaker than in 7 bearings. The calculated stiffnesse (Carter's formula) are for the shaft supported in 7 bearings. contd :- | ||