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Continued document discussing stress testing of engine components, with a focus on main bearings and crankcases.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 74\3\  scan0264
Date  2nd February 1922
  
contd:- -2- E2/M22. 2. 22.
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static stress 3 times. The engine on a period might have
5 or 6 times the load.)

As it is likely that the main bearings dervie
some support from the cylinder block, this latter perhaps
should be bolted on during the test,

A 40/50 crankcase could also be tested in a similar
manner, for comparative purposes.
  
  
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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