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).
Diagram and calculations for the rocking couple in propeller shaft joints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\4\ scan0181 | |
| Date | 4th January 1944 guessed | |
| 1. THE ROCKING COUPLE _ PROPELLER SHAFT JOINTS DRIVING FORK IN PLANE OF SHAFT DRIVING FORK T1 R B T2 T3 C1 C2 LOADS ON DRIVEN FORK T1 F P C B T2 P = T1 / 2R AND F = P COS B T2 = TORQUE IN PROP SHAFT = 2FR = 2PR COS B = T1 COS B ROCKING COUPLE IN PLANE OF DRIVEN FORK = 2RC{R. Childs}, = 2RP SIN B = T1 SIN B H = P COS B SEC B T3 = 2PR COS B SEC B = 2PR = T1 C2 = P COS B TAN B COUPLE = 2PR SIN B = T1 SIN B. | ||