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).
Continued note on reducing stress in springs by tapering them to increase flexibility.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 136\4\ scan0175 | |
| Date | 2nd September 1937 | |
| -2- Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Hdy{William Hardy}6/N.2.9.37 Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} If a reduction of stress is thought to be necessary to guard against breakage, we can, if necessary, increase the flexibility by 50% by tapering the spring to give a more nearly uniform stress. Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Hdy.{William Hardy} | ||