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THE TRACTIVE RESISTANCE ON

CURVES OF A 28-TON

ELECTRIC CAR

BY

EDWARD C. SCHMIDT

AND

HAROLD H. DUNN

BULLETIN NO. 92 ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA

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BULLETIN No. 92 SEPTEMBER, 1916

THE TRACTIVE RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A 28-TON ELECTRIC CAR

BY

EDWARD C. SCHMIDT Professor of Railway Engineering,

and

HAROLD H. DUNN Assistant in Railway Engineering, Engineering Experiment Station

CONTENTS

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I. INTRODUCTION 5

II. SUMMARY 5

1. The Car, The Track, etc 6

2. Methods 6

3. Results 7

III. MEANS EMPLOYED IN CONDUCTING THE TESTS 7

4. The Test Car 7

5. The Track 9

IV. TEST CONDITIONS AND TEST METHODS 10

6. Test Conditions 10

7. The Selection of the Track 11

8. General Methods 11

V. THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS. . 13

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VI. THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE TESTS 21

9. The Resistance Due to Curvature 21

10. The Relation of Curve Resistance to Curvature 21

11. The Relation of Curve Resistance to Speed 25

12. The Concurrent Relations of Curve Resistance, Curva-

ture, and Speed 27

13. Conclusion 28

Appendix I. The Track 30

Appendix II. Test Methods and Methods of Calculation 34

Methods Used in Producing the Curves of Figs. 3 to 13 ... 34

Methods of Calculation 34

Appendix III. The Immediate Results of the Tests 37

CONTENTS 3

LIST OF TABLES

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1. Data Kelating to the Seven Curves 9

2. A Summary of Test Conditions on the Curves and on Their Corresponding

Tangents 10

3. Values of Eesistance on the Curve, Eesistance on the Tangent, and Re-

sistance Due to Curvature for Each of the Seven Curves at Various

Speeds 22

4. Values of Curve Resistance of Various Curvatures and Speeds 28

5. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 2°-0' Curve 38

6. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 2°-50' Curve 40

7. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 3°-40' Curve 42

8. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 5°-0' Curve 44

9. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 6°-30/ Curve 46

10. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 8°-0' Curve 48

11. The Immediate Results of the Tests on the 14°-30' Curve 50

LIST OF FIGURES pAGE

1. The Test Car 7

2. Plan and Cross Section of the Test Car 8

3. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 2°-0' Curve 14

4. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on Tangent W, Which Pertains to

the 2°-0' Curve 14

5. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 2° -50' Curve 15

6. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on Tangent S, Which Pertains to

the 2°-50' Curve 15

7. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 3°-40' Curve 16

8. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on Tangent R, Which Pertains to

the 3°-40', the 5°-0', the 8°-0', and the 14°-30' Curves 16

9. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 5°-0' Curve 17

10. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 6° -30' Curve 18

11. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on Tangent D, Which Pertains to

the 6°-30' Curve 18

12. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 8°-0' Curve 19

13. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on the 14°-30' Curve 20

14. The Relation of Resistance to Speed on All the Curves and on Their

Corresponding Tangents 23

15. The Relation Between Curve Resistance and Curvature at Various Speeds 24

16. The Relation Between Curve Resistance and Curvature at Various Speeds 25

17. The Relation Between Curve Resistance and Speed for Curves of Various

Curvature 26

18. The Concurrent Relations Between Curve Resistance, Speed, and Curva-

ture '. 27

19. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 2°-0' Curve 30

20. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 2°-50' Curve 31

21. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 3°-40' Curve 31

22. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 5°-0' Curve 32

23. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 6°-30' Curve 32

24. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 8°-0' Curve 33

25. Profile and Alignment Diagram of the Track on the 14°-30/ Curve 33

26. Reproduced from a Portion of One of the Test Car Charts 35

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I. INTRODUCTION

The tractive resistance of cars running on curved track is greater than their resistance on straight track of like grade and construction. This excess is generally termed curve resistance or resistance due to curvature. A knowledge of its magnitude is needed in many problems which present themselves in connection with steam and electric rail- way design and operation. While these problems are more important and more numerous on steam roads, they are not unimportant nor infrequent on electric roads. Nearly all the existing information re- garding curve resistance has arisen from tests and experience with trains on steam railways, and it is doubtful whether the values of curve resistance thus derived are valid for the single self-propelled cars used on electric lines. Such considerations led the Railway Engineering Department of the University of Illinois to make the tests, the results of which are presented in this bulletin.

The tests were undertaken to measure) the curve resistance of a 28-ton electric car, owned by the department, with the view of deter- mining its value at various speeds and on as great a variety of curves as were available on the lines of the Illinois Traction System, upon which the experiments were conducted. The results established for this car the; relations between curve resistance and speed and between curve resistance and rate of curvature.

The test conditions, test methods, and final results are presented in the body of the bulletin, while the details concerning the apparatus, test data, methods of calculation, and intermediate results are given in the appendixes. Throughout the bulletin the term ' * curve resis- tance" or "resistance due to track curvature" means the tractive force needed by the car on curves in excess of the force needed to move it over straight track. This tractive force is the force required at the wheel rims to keep the car moving at uniform speed on level track and in still air. It is expressed in pounds per ton of car weight.

Acknowledgment is gratefully made of the interest and coopera- tion of the officers of The Illinois Traction System, which rendered it possible to conduct the tests on that road; and to Mr. D. C. Faber, formerly a Fellow in the Department of Railway Engineering, who was in charge of the test car during some of the tests and who made some of the preliminary calculations.

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II. SUMMARY

At the expense of some duplication there is presented at this point a summarized statement of the conditions, methods, and results of the tests, which may serve to provide a general view of the work and to facilitate an understanding of the more detailed explanations which follow.

1. The Gar, Track, and Equipment. — The tests were made with a car such as is commonly used on interurbaii electric roads; it has a body 45 feet long of the double-end type with round vestibules. This body is carried on four-wheeled trucks which are spaced 23 feet

3 inches from center to center and which have a wheel base of 6 feet

4 inches. The car is equipped with four 50-horsepower motors and weighs approximately 28 tons.

The tractive resistance of this car was determined when running upon each of seven curves whose curvature varied from 2 to 14% degrees, and also when running upon adjacent tangent track. The superelevation of the outer rail on the curves varied from 0.75 inches on the 2-degree curve to 5.9 inches on the 14%-degree curve. The track was laid with 70-pound rails on ties spaced about 24 inches be- tween centers in gravel or cinder ballast. Judged by the standards which prevail on electric interurban roads built for moderate speed, the track was well constructed and well maintained. It was surveyed especially for the purposes of the tests. With a few exceptions the tests were made on dry rail in fair weather. The average air temper- ature varied during the tests from 25 to 65 degrees F. and the maxi- mum average wind velocity was 18 miles per hour.

2. Methods. — In making a test, the test car was run first in one direction and then in the other over one of the curves and its adjacent tangent. During each such pair of runs the car speed was maintained as nearly constant as possible. Similar pairs of runs were then made at other speeds, until sufficient data had been accumulated to define the resistance at various speeds on the curve and on its corresponding tangent. Under this procedure each pair of runs results in two values of resistance: one with such wind as prevailed helping the car, the other with the wind opposing it. From the final curves which define the mean between these values, the influence of the wind is, therefore, nearly, if not quite, eliminated, and the results relate to movement in still air. The results of the tests provide mean values of resistance on each curve and on its tangent. The difference between these values of resistance is the desired resistance due to track curvature.

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3. Results. — The tests demonstrate that for the car in question curve resistance varies directly with both track curvature and speed. For a particular speed, the curve resistance increases as the curvature increases and in direct ratio with the curvature, as shown in Fig. 16. This implies that at a particular speed the curve resistance, when expressed in pounds per ton per degree of curve, is a constant for all curvatures; a relation which is in accord with the results of previous experiments. On the other hand, the value of curve resis- tance expressed in pounds per ton per degree is shown to be different at each different speed, and it varies in such a way that for a curve of a particular curvature the curve resistance increases in direct ratio with the speed, as shown in Fig. 17. The concurrent relations between curve resistance, track curvature, and speed are shown in Fig. 18, and they are defined by the formula:

Rc = 0.058 8 C,

in which Rc is the curve resistance expressed in pounds per ton, 8 is the speed in miles per hour, and C is the degree of curve. Values de- rived by means of this equation appear in Table 4.

III. MEANS EMPLOYED IN CONDUCTING THE TESTS

4. The Test Car. — The car used for the tests is owned by the Railway Engineering Department of the University. It is a standard 45-foot car similar to those commonly used on interurban roads built for moderate speed. Its general design is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1. THE TEST CAR

The car weighs 55,150 pounds, although during the tests this weight was subject to certain corrections due to changes in equipment and in the number of passengers. The sectional area of the car body and trucks is 90 square feet.

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The trucks are of the standard Motor Truck Company's C-60 type and weigh 7,824 pounds each, without the motors. The truck journals are 4*4 by 8 inches, the wheel diameter is 33 inches, and the

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FIG. 2. PLAN AND CROSS SECTION OF THE TEST CAR

truck wheel base is 6 feet 4 inches. One of the trucks is equipped with rolled steel wheels and the other with chilled cast iron wheels, all of which have standard Master Car Builders ' tread and flange contours. During these tests the car was equipped with ball-bearing center

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plates. Each truck is provided with two Westinghouse 101-D, 500- volt, direct current motors, which have a commercial rating of 50 horsepower each. The motors are mounted on the axles and geared to them in the ratio of 22 to 62. They are controlled by the Westing- house unit switch system of multiple control.

An especially designed recording apparatus within the car offers a means for measuring and recording the current consumed, the volt- age, speed, time, distance traversed, location on the road, and brake cylinder pressure. Continuous graphical records of these data are drawn upon a chart which is made to travel at a rate proportional either to time or to the distance traveled by the car. A more complete description of the car and of this recording apparatus appears in Bulletin 74 of the University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Sta- tion. In addition to the data above enumerated, there were recorded for each run the average wind velocity and direction, air temperature, rail condition, and the gross' car weight.

5. The Track. — The tests were made on the lines of the Illinois Traction System between Danville, Urbana, Champaign, Decatur, and Springfield. The oldest/ portions of this track were laid in 1903, the latest in 1907. Judged by the standards which prevail on interurban electric roads built for moderate speed, the track was well constructed and well maintained. On both the curves and the tangents used in the tests, the track was laid with 70-pound A. S. C. E. section rails carried on hard-wood ties spaced about 24 inches between centers. The ballast was either gravel or cinders.

The curves chosen were seven in number varying in curvature from 2 to 141/2 degrees, as great a range in curvature as was presented by the track available for test purposes. The gauge on all but the 8- degree and the 14%-degree curves was 4 feet 8% inches, while on these two curves it was 4 feet 9 inches. A summary of the facts relat- ing to the seven curves is given in Table 1. All the track used for

TABLE 1 DATA RELATING TO THE SEVEN CURVES

Average Curvature

Length of Track Section

Superelevation

Grade

Weight of Rail

Average Maximum Minimum

Difference in Elevation

Degrees

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Inches

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2°-0" 2°-50' 3°-40' 5°-0' 6°-30' 8°-0' 14°-30'

500 1737 1125 714 365 176 276

0.7 3.0 1.9 2.8 4.5 5.3 5.9

1.2 4.1 3.3 3.8 5.4 5.5 6.9

0.0 1.3 0.2 0.4 2.2 5.0 5.0

1.47

8.52 4.81 0.15 3.22 0.65 0.17

70 70 70 70 70 70 70

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the tests was surveyed especially for the test purposes, and the results of these surveys are presented in Appendix I, together with further details.

IV. TEST CONDITIONS AND TEST METHODS

6. Test Conditions. — The tests were all made in moderate weather. The lowest air temperature recorded during any test was 15 degrees F., and the lowest average temperature throughout the duration of any test was 25 degrees. The corresponding highest tem- peratures were 70 degrees and 65 degrees, respectively. With five ex- ceptions the tests were made on dry rails. The highest average velocity of the wind prevailing during1 any of the tests was 18 miles per hour, whereas the maximum component of this velocity parallel

TABLE 2

A SUMMARY OF TEST CONDITIONS ON THE CURVES AND ON THEIR CORRESPONDING TANGENTS

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Weight of Car and Load

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Rail Condition

Average Wind Velocity

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117-118

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3.0

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3.5

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15.0

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3°-40'

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15.0

125-126

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to the tangent track or to a chord connecting the ends of the curve was 15 miles per hour. The wind velocity and direction were obtained by means of a portable wind vane and an anemometer set up beside the test track. A summary of the conditions for each test is given in Table 2.

7. The Selection of the Track. — The primary consideration in the selection of the curves was to have them include as great a variety and range in degree of curvature as the circumstances would permit. When available, those curves were chosen which had at either end a long and comparatively level stretch of straight track, in order1 that the resistance on the curve and on the tangent might be measured simultaneously and, therefore, under like conditions of wind and weather. In three out of the seven cases, however, the straight track adjacent to the curve was, by reason of its construction or mainte- nance, or by virtue of the operating conditions which there prevailed, unsuitable for the purposes of the tests, and in these instances the tangent track was chosen elsewhere. In such cases the determination of tangent resistance was made as far as possible under conditions similar to those which obtained during the tests on the related curve. The curves chosen were fairly regular in curvature, and all the track on both the curves and the tangent sections was well ballasted.

8. General Methods. — By means of the data which were recorded during each run and which have been enumerated in Chapter III, it is possible to calculate the gross resistance offered to the motion of the car over a given track section. This gross resistance is composed of the resistance due to grade, that due to acceleration, that due to wind,* the net resistance on level straight track at uniform speed, and, on the curved track, the resistance due to curvature. The purposes of the tests require the elimination of the first three of these five elements of gross resistance. The grade and acceleration resistances may be easily eliminated by calculation, but the wind resistance is neither controllable nor to be eliminated by calculation from the data at hand. The elimination of wind resistance may, however, be accom- plished by the method of making the tests, and with this end in view the following method of test was used.

Over each track section the car was run in one direction at a predetermined speed which was maintained as nearly uniform as pos- sible. It was then immediately run over the same section at the same speed, but in the reverse direction. Where curved and tangent track

* Throughout the bulletin wind resistance is distinguished from the resistance due to still air, the latter being an inseparable part of inherent or net resistance.

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were adjacent they were both included in each of these runs. This process was repeated at various speeds until enough data had been accumulated to define for this track section the relation between resis- tance and speed up to the maximum speed of operation. The whole group of these pairs of runs constitutes what is designated in the report as a test.

The wind in one case opposes and in the other helps the motion of the car, and each pair of such runs results, when grade and accelera- tion resistance have been eliminated, in two values of resistance ; one value equal to net resistance* plus such resistance as was offered by the wind, the other equal to net resistance minus the resistance offered by the wind. In runs in which the direction of the wind was parallel to* the direction of motion of the car, a properly determined mean be- tween these two values is the net resistance itself with the influence of wind entirely eliminated. In runs in which the direction of the wind made an angle with the direction of motion of the car, only that portion of wind resistance due to the component of wind velocity parallel to the track would disappear from the mean value of resis- tance, and there would remain embodied in this meant a certain resis- tance due to the increased wheel-flange friction caused by that com- ponent of wind velocity which is normal to the direction of motion of the car. All the resistance curves resulting directly from the tests represent the mean between paired values determined in the way just described. The curves themselves, therefore, define values of resistance in which there remains only that effect of the wind produced by its velocity component normal to the track ; that is, they are in error by only a slight excess in flange friction. Under the low wind velocities which prevailed this error is small, and doubtless much less than the casual variations which occur in inherent resistance itself. These con- clusions apply to the immediate results of the tests ; that is, to the re- sistance-speed curves shown in Figs. 3 to 13, inclusive. For reasons stated in the next paragraph the error referred to does not, however, appear in the final results.

The simultaneous operation of the car over the curve and its adjacent tangent ensures that the resistances on the curve and on the tangent were obtained under practically identical wind conditions. Whatever error or excess in mean resistance arises from the normal component of wind velocity is, consequently, likewise identical on the

*As used in this connection the term net resistance is assumed to include on the curves the resistance due to curvature.

tThe method of determining this mean is explained in Appendix II.

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curve and on the tangent. Since, however, the final result sought, the resistance due to curvature, is the difference between the total resistance on the curve and the resistance on the tangent, this error, by the process of subtraction, disappears from the final results of the tests. In those cases in which tangent resistance had to be meas- ured on track not adjacent to the corresponding curve, the wind condi- tions were nearly the same as during tests on the curve, and the same conclusion, therefore, holds in these instances also.

From the data recorded in the test car the gross resistance was first determined for each run over each track section. This was then corrected for acceleration by means of data provided by the car records, and next for grade resistance by reference to the track profiles. The methods of making these calculations are stated in Appendix II, together with further details concerning the car records and the test methods.

V. THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS

The calculations made for each run result, for the track section under consideration, in a value of car resistance at a particular speed. For all the runs these resistance values, together with the correspond- ing speeds, are set forth in the tables given in Appendix III. Using these values as coordinates, the points shown in Figs. 3 to 13 have been plotted; each point defines the resistance-speed relation during one run, and the whole group of points in each figure characterizes this relation for a particular track section. By a method which is explained in Appendix II, a line has been drawn among the points of each of these figures which represents the mean resistance discussed in Chapter IV, and which in each case has been accepted as defining the relation existing between resistance and speed for the track section in question. Figs. 3 to 13, inclusive, constitute the immediate results of all the tests.

The points indicated by circles in these figures pertain to runs in which the wind opposed the motion of the car, while those represented as black dots pertain to runs in which the wind helped the car motion. The few cases in which there was no wind are represented by circles half filled in. Under the test procedure previously outlined, there should appear in each figure equal numbers of circles and dots. This condition, however, is not exactly met in any of these figures, because during the process of calculation a few points were rejected on account of discrepancies or inadequacy in the record. In general, however, the balance implied by the test procedure is substantially realized.

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relating to like, wind conditions there is similar disagreement. Part of this variation may be due to accumulated errors in instruments or in the calculations; but, since every precaution was taken to avoid such errors, they are undoubtedly rare and .small in amount. The reasons for the differences referred to must be sought chiefly in the casual changes which occur in such elements of inherent resistance as flange friction, journal friction, and gear friction, and perhaps also in instantaneous changes in wind velocity and direction. The discor- dance shown is not greater than that usually encountered in measure- ments of car or train resistance.

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speed of minimum resistance, had produced an excessive flange fric- tion on the inner rail and had bound the trucks by keeping the inner side bearings in continuous contact. Since this component is opposed by the centrifugal force developed by the car in rounding the curve, these effects should continuously diminish as the centrifugal force increases up to the speed where this component of car weight equals the centrifugal force. Here the point of minimum resistance would

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be expected to occur. Calculations for this case, however, show this speed to be at 16 instead of at 12% miles per hour. This discrepancy is not in itself enough to discredit the assumption ; but investigation of the other curves shows that this speed, at which the centrifugal force and the weight component are in balance, occurs at from 23 to 26 miles per hour, and, if the assumption were valid, similar minimum points should occur at these speeds in the resistance curves for these cases. No such minimum points occur, however, in any of the other figures, and the explanation on these grounds must consequently be abandoned. The condition presented in Fig. 13 is accepted as unex- plained by the information at hand.

From the results shown in Figs. 3 to 13, grade and acceleration resistance have been eliminated, and, as previously explained, the effect of the component of wind velocity parallel to the track has also

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been eliminated; the influence of the normal component of wind velocity, on the other hand, is still embodied in these results. The resistance defined by the line drawn in Fig. 3, for example, which relates to the 2-degree curve, consequently comprises net resistance on level track at uniform speed, resistance due to the component of wind velocity normal to the track, and the resistance due to curvature. The resistance defined by the line in Fig. 4, which relates to the tan-

SPEED — MILES PER HOUR FIG. 13. THE EELATION OF EESISTANCE TO SPEED ON THE 14°-30' CURVE

gent adjoining the 2-degree curve, comprises net resistance on level track at uniform speed and the resistance due to the normal component of wind velocity. The ordinates of the curves in these two correspond- ing figures, therefore, differ only by an amount equal to the resistance due to curvature on the 2-degree curve. Similar statements apply to the curves in Figs. 5 to 13.

In the further consideration of Figs. 3 to 13 it will be convenient to keep in mind their relationship. The 2°-0', 2°-50', 3°-40', and 6°-30' curves (Figs. 3, 5, 7, 10) have each their own tangent (Figs. 4, 6, 8, 11), the diagram for which immediately follows the diagram for the corresponding curve. The 5°-0', 8°-0', and 14°-30' curves (Figs.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 21

9, 12, 13) have all the same tangent as the 3°-40' curve. The relation between these figures is as follows :

Fig. 3, the 2°-0' curve, is used with Fig. 4, Tangent W. Fig. 5, the 2°-50' curve, is used with Fig. 6, Tangent S. Fig. 7, the 3°-40/ curve, is used with Fig. 8, Tangent R. Fig. 9, the 5°-0' curve, is used with Fig. 8, Tangent R. Fig. 10, the 6°-30' curve, is used with Fig. 11, Tangent D. Fig. 12, the 8°-0' curve, is used with Fig. 8, Tangent R. Fig. 13, the 14°-30' curve, is used with Fig. 8, Tangent R.

VI. THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE TESTS

9. TJie Resistance Due to Curvature. — The resistance-speed curves of Figs. 3 to 13, properly paired, are all brought together in Fig. 14 in which seven pairs of lines appear, one for each of the seven curves. The first pair of lines in Fig. 14 relates to the 2-degree curve, the upper line marked C shows the relation between resis- tance and speed on the curve, while the lower line marked T shows this relation on the adjacent tangent. These lines are reproduced from Figs. 3 and 4, respectively. Fig. 14 presents also six additional pairs of curves similarly marked pertaining to the six remaining curves, and all reproduced from Figs. 5 to 13.

As has been stated in Chapter V the difference between the ordi- nates of these pairs of lines at any speed is the value of curve resis- tance at that speed for the curve in question. For example, for the 2-degree curve (see Fig, 14) the resistance on the curve at 20 miles per hour is 14.0 pounds per ton, and the resistance on the tangent is 11.3 pounds per ton. The difference between these values, 2.7 pounds per ton, is the curve resistance at 20 miles per hour on the 2-degree curve. At speeds varying from 10 to 40 miles per hour the values of resistance on the curve, resistance on the tangent, and curve resistance have been thus determined for each of the seven curves and set forth in Table 3. This table summarizes, therefore, the direct results of the tests as presented in Figs. 3 to 14, inclusive, and it presents also the derived values of curve resistance whose determina- tion was the immediate purpose of the tests. The values of curve resistance given in the table are accepted as the average values at the various speeds. As has been previously explained these values are nearly, if not quite, freed from any effect of wind.

10. TJie Relation of Curve Resistance to Curvature. — For each of the speeds in Table 3 there appears for each of the seven curves a

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TABLE 3

VALUES OF EESISTANCE ON THE CURVE, RESISTANCE ON THE TANGENT, AND RESIS- TANCE DUE TO CURVATURE FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN CURVES AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THESE VALUES ARE DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM FIGURES 3 TO 13 INCLUSIVE. THEY ARE EXPRESSED IN POUNDS PER TON

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value of curve resistance. At 15 miles per hour, for example, there are given in the third column of the table seven values of curve resis- tance : 1.78 pounds per ton on the 2-degree curve, 4.85 pounds per ton on the 2°-50' curve, and so on. These values are plotted in the second diagram of Fig. 15 as seven points which show the relations existing during the tests between curve resistance and curvature at the speed of 15 miles per hour. Using the remaining values from Table 3, similar groups of points have been plotted in Fig. 15 which show this relation at the other speeds.

An inspection of the points in Fig. 15 discloses at all speeds a fairly regular relationship between curve resistance and curvature. With perhaps the exception of the first, pertaining to 10 miles per hour, these diagrams show for each speed an increase in curve resis- tance which is approximately directly proportional to the increase in curvature. There have been drawn among the points in these dia- grams straight lines which have been accepted as defining the average of the relations between curve resistance and curvature represented by the points derived from the individual tests. For obvious reasons these lines are all made to pass through the origin of coordinates.

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At speeds up to 25 miles per hour the points in Fig. 15 which relate to the 2°-50' and to the 5-degree curves lie above the mean values represented by the lines, while at higher speeds they correspond closely with the mean. At speeds up to 25 miles per hour the points for the 3°-40' and for the 8-degree curves correspond well with the mean, but

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lie below it at higher speeds. The test data offer a probable explanation of these variations only in the case of the 5-degree curve, whose poorer construction might be assumed partially to account for its high resis- tance. In the other cases, however, no such explanation is available. In drawing the lines in Fig. 15 due consideration was given to the relative weight of the points there plotted; that is, to the number of tests represented by the various points.

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The lines drawn in Fig. 15 are brought together and reproduced to a larger scale in Fig. 16, in which, as before, each line defines for a particular speed the average or general relation between curve resis- tance and curvature. The whole group defines this relation for the

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entire series of tests. For each speed curve resistance increases in direct proportion with the curvature. At 15 miles per hour, for example, the curve resistance expressed in pounds per ton is 4.35, 8.70, and 13.05, for curves of 5, 10, and 15 degrees, respectively. This implies at this speed a constant curve resistance of 0.87 pounds, when expressed in pounds per ton per degree. The direct proportionality

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11. The Relation of Curve Resistance to Speed. — The lines of Fig. 16 present values of curve resistance for seven speeds which cover the speed range of the experiments. The figure offers, therefore, a means of determining the general relation between curve resistance and speed. If in Fig. 16 the ordinates of the seven lines are measured at a curvature of 5 degrees, seven values of curve resistance are obtained: 2.90, 4.35, 5.80, 7.25, 8.70, 10.15, and 11.60 pounds per ton, which correspond respectively to speeds of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 miles per hour. These corresponding values of resistance and speed are plotted in Fig. 17 as the seven points there shown for a curvature of 5 degrees. These points are found to lie on a straight line as shown

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in the figure. The two other straight lines corresponding to 10 degrees and 15 degrees curvature were obtained by a like process. That the lines connecting the points in Fig. 17 are straight is due, of course, to the relation which exists between the lines in Figs. 15 and 16 ; that is, to their relative slope. It is proper to explain that the lines originally drawn in Figs. 15 and 16 did not precisely satisfy this condition in the derived lines of Fig. 17. They did so so nearly, however, that, for the sake of the resulting simplicity, it seemed justi- fiable to modify them, and the slopes of a few of the lines in Fig. 15

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were adjusted so that the lines connecting the derived points in Fig. 17 would be straight. An inspection of Fig. 15 shows, it is believed, that this adjustment has done no violence to the experimental data. It has, on the other hand, resulted in a simplicity of the relations shown in Fig. 17 and of the formula given beyond, which seems amply to warrant it.

The lines drawn in Fig. 17 apply to curvatures of 5, 10, and 15 degrees, and by the process above explained similar lines for other rates of curvature might have been included. Fig. 17 is derived directly from Fig. 16 and, like it, presents the average results of the

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whole research. From Fig. 17 it is obvious that for constant curva- ture, curve resistance was directly proportional to speed; that is, on any given curve the resistance due to curvature varied in these experi- ments directly with the speed. On the 5-degree curve, for example, its average value at 10 miles per hour was 2.90 pounds per ton, and at 30 miles per hour 8.70 pounds per ton, three times as much. In previous experiments there has been occasional evidence that curve resistance might be greater at high than at low speeds, although in some discussions of the subject the contrary is held to be true. Neither opinion has had definite or adequate support, and there has hitherto been no conclusive experimental evidence of any definite relation be-

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12. The Concurrent Relations of Curve Resistance, Curvature, and Speed. — For the car used in the tests curve resistance varies directly with both curvature and speed, the rate of variation in each case being as shown in Figs. 16 and 17. These two figures have been combined in the diagram of Fig. 18, which exhibits the concurrent relations of the three variables. These relations are also defined by the equation :

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relations between curve resistance, speed, and curvature, which are denned by the lines drawn in Figs. 15, 16, and 17, and it embodies, consequently, the generalized results of all the tests.

By means of Formula 1 there have been calculated the values of curve resistance which are presented in Table 4. The values are given for curves varying from 1 to 15 degrees and for speeds ranging from 10 to 40 miles per hour, corresponding approximately to the range in curvature and in speed during the tests. Inspection of Table 4 shows curve resistance to vary from 0.58 pounds per ton on a 1-

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13. Conclusion. — The final results of the tests are summarized in Formula 1 and in Table 4, which present mean or average values of curve resistance at various rates of curvature and at various speeds. They apply to the particular car tested under conditions of weather and track which have been fully defined. They are useful for predict- ing the curve resistance to be expected from similar cars running under like conditions, but if they are so used these conditions should be borne in mind. It is probable that the formula applies to cars

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 29

whose weight varies considerably from the weight of the test car; but if the truck wheel base is materially different, the formula should be used with caution. Its use should probably not be extended to speeds much in excess of 40 miles per hour. How far the formula is applicable beyond a curvature of 15 degrees cannot be stated, but it is significant that it represents the actual test results on the 14%- degree curve with considerably greater accuracy than on some of the curves of lower curvature. Whether the results apply closely to other than self-propelled cars is open to question.

Formula 1 and Table 4, as well as Figs. 16 and 17, are general- izations which define only average values of curve resistance. They are derived by processes which preclude their precise agreement even with all the test values themselves, as is disclosed by an examination of Fig. 15. Consequently, in an individual case their use in pre- dicting curve resistance cannot reasonably be expected to give results which correspond with the actual resistance any more exactly than do the averages upon which these generalizations rest correspond with the results of the individual tests; no closer correspondence, that is, should be expected than exists between the mean curves and the points of Figs. 3 to 13 which are fundamental to the whole process. Such limitations are common to all generalizations of train or car resistance and do not seriously impair their usefulness for the purposes for which they are generally employed.

Bulletin 74 of the Enginering Experiment Station gives the re- sults of experiments in which the resistance of this car was determined when running on level tangent track at uniform speed. This resis- tance is given by the formula :

Rt = 4 + 0.222S + 0.00181— S* (2)

By combining this equation with Formula 1 above, we obtain for this car the following formula which gives its total resistance when run- ning on a level curve at uniform speed.

R = Rt + Rc = 4 + 0.222S + 0.00181 ^S2 + 0.058 SC (3)

In Formula 3, R is the total resistance expressed in pounds per ton, 8 the speed in miles per hour, C the curvature in degrees, A the cross-sectional area of the car in square feet, and W its weight in tons. If the car is on a grade and its speed changing, the usual cor- rections for grade and acceleration must be applied to Formula 3.

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APPENDIX I

THE TRACK

Information regarding the track has been given in Chapter III. This appendix is intended to supplement Chapter III by the presenta- tion of further details concerning the track on the curves.

The results of the track surveys are presented in Figs. 19 to 25, inclusive, in which are given for each curve the profile on each rail, elevations having been taken every 100 feet; the superelevation of the outer rail, also at 100-foot intervals; and the degree of curva- ture. For the 2°-0', 2°-50', 3°-40', and 5°-0' curves the curvature was determined at 50-foot intervals by measuring mid-ordinates, for the 6°-30' curve it was determined at 50-foot intervals by measuring deflection angles, and for the 8°-0' and' 14°-30' curves by measuring deflection angles at intervals of 25 feet. Each curve has been desig- nated by the average of these values of curvature. Distances are shown in the figures by means of stations which were 100 feet apart. In the tables given in Appendix III the section limits are defined by trolley line pole numbers. The location of each pole is indicated on the alignment diagrams of Figs. 19 to 25 by means of a short dash beside which is recorded its distance in feet from the preceding station. For example, Pole 20, Fig. 19, is located 80 feet from Station 23.

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34 ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

APPENDIX II

TEST METHODS AND METHODS OF CALCULATION This appendix is intended to supplement what has been stated in Chapter IV concerning the test methods and to present also certain details concerning the methods used in calculating the values of resis- tance and speed which constitute the immediate results of the tests.

Methods Used in Producing the Curves of Figs. 3 to 13. — As has been previously explained, the points in Figs. 3 to 13 occur in pairs, one point in each pair relating to a run in which the wind helped the car, the other to a run in which the wind opposed the car. The curves drawn in the figures define the mean of the values represented by these points. If wind resistance varied directly with speed, an arithmetical mean or average of the values represented by the points would define a point on this curve. Since wind resistance varies, however, about as the square of the speed, a mere arithmetical mean of these values does not serve exactly to define the mean curve ; but this mean must be established by another and somewhat more elaborate process. Such a process has been set forth on page 34 of Bulletin 74 of the University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station. When the wind veloci- ties are low, the difference between the curves defined by taking an arithmetical mean and by this more exact process is negligible. Dur- ing these tests the wind velocities were generally low, and the points representing runs with and against the wind are generally closely interwoven. For this reason the mean curves in Figs. 3 to 13 were all produced by taking the arithmetical mean of the resistance values represented by the points in the figures. Preliminary to drawing these curves, the average coordinates of various groups of points in each figure were determined, and these average coordinates were then plot- ted as auxiliary points through which the curve was passed as nearly as possible.

Methods of Calculation. — The data recorded during these tests are enumerated in Chapter III. All the data which pertained directly to car operation were graphically recorded upon the test car charts. A portion of the chart obtained during Test 121 is reproduced as Fig. 26, upon which the section limits and certain explanatory lettering have been added.

When the track sections were surveyed, markers were placed be- side the track at the ends of the curves and tangents, and during a test the positions of these numbered markers were recorded upon the chart. In this way the chart made during a run over the test track was divided into two or more sections as illustrated by Fig. 26. That

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part of the chart lying between the poles numbered 12 and 29 was produced during a run over a section of curved track, while that por- tion lying between the poles numbered 4 and 12 was made during a run over a section of tangent track. In making the calculations only those chart sections were considered over which there were no brake applications, no large variation of the current or voltage from the average value, and no large difference in the speed of the car. It has been found desirable to choose both track and chart sections so that the energy consumed by grade and acceleration will be as small as possible, and the errors in their calculation will have slight effect on the accuracy of the values of average net car resistance. When the variation in speed is large the energy required to produce accelera- tion is alone frequently greater than that required to overcome all other resistances combined. In all the tests reported in this bulletin the variations in speed in passing the track sections have exceeded 2 miles per hour in only 11 per cent of the total number of resistance determinations, and in only 3 cases out of 392 has this speed variation exceded 5 miles per hour. The maximum variation over any section was less than 10 miles per hour.

The result desired from each chart section is a value of average net car resistance. These values are given in Column 18 of Tables 5 to 11 in Appendix III. Full explanations of the significance of the various items in these tables and of the methods by which they were derived are presented in Appendix II of Bulletin 74 of the Engineer- ing Experiment Station.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 37

APPENDIX III

THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS

This appendix presents in tabular form the fundamental data, some of the intermediate results, and the final values of car resistance and speed for each of the curves. The corresponding data for tangents D, W, S, and R, are given in Tables 9, 10, 11, and 12, respectively, of Bulletin 74 of the Engineering Experiment Station. The items in these tables have all been derived by the processes explained in Ap- pendix II. The points in Fig. 3 to 13 were plotted by using as coordinates the values of resistance and speed which appear in Col- umns 18 and 19 of these tables.

38

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TABLE 5

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 2°-0/ CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OP RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 3

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Section

Grade

Motor

Data

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Limits

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Time

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Item No.

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Trolley

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Number in Use

Efficiency of Motors

Helping

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TABLE 5 (Continued)

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TABLE 6

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122

H

12-29

+

61.2

4Sw

76.0

28

121

0

29-12

59.0

4Sw

55.6

29

121

O

29-12

— .

71.3

2M

73.4

30

121

0

29-12

— .

56.0

4 S

64.9

31

122

H

12-29

+

77.2

48

75.1

32

121

0

29-12

56.9

48

64.1

33

121

O

29-12

_

32.7

4M

77.7

34

122

H

12-29

+

34.4

4M

83.8

35

121

O

29-12

30.1

4M

73.8

36

122

H

12-29

+

78.2

48

75.4

37

121

0

29-12

83.9

C

—

38

121

O

29-12

—

106.5

c

—

= Series-Multiple. M = Multiple. Sw — Switching. C — Coasting.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR

41

TABLE 6 (Continued)

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 2°-50' CURVE, GIVING THE EESULTS OP EESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 5

10

11

12

13 14

15

16

17

18 19

Speed

Energy Imparted to the Car

Net Car

Average

Item

At

At

Average

Average

By the

Resis-

Speed

No.

Entrance

Exit

Voltage

Current

By the

Change in

By the

tance

Over the

to the

from the

Current

Kinetic

Grade

Section

Section

Section

Energy

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb. | Ft. Lb.

Lb. per Ton

M.P.H.

1

26.96

32.18

358

123.2

987020

— 632860

+ 483510

17.00

30.21

2

30.38

31.46

436

159.9

1639720

—136910

—

20.68

31.08

3

31.10

29.12

365

127.8

1105890

+ 244430

—

17.59

28.89

4

26.42

26.06

340

139.2

1266870

+ 38730

—

16.68

25.75

5

31.82

33.08

330

90.1

526250

— 167640

+

17.09

33.46

6

26.78

27.86

397

152.3

1567090

— 120970

—

19.53

27.80

7

31.10

31.10

380

59.5

495590

0

+

19.87

30.92

8

23.90

24.62

417

119.2

1544830

— 71620

20.08

23.97

9

22.46

25.88

325

69.3

639000

— 338910

+

15.90

24.07

10

22.46

21.02

355

101.5

1203440

+ 128350

17.21

21.73

11

23.54

25.52

425

41.7

430480

— 199130

+

14.50

24.27

12

19.58

19.76

488

67.8

1240200

— 14520

15.06

19.13

13

22.10

24.98

438

43.5

490600

—277960

+

14.13

23.64

14

21.92

21.38

516

65.9

1186400

+ 47930

15.24

20.53

15

23.72

26.06

472

46.1

554210

— 238790

+

16.22

24.83

16

30.02

29.12

378

138.9

1284060

+ 109110

18.46

28.68

17

24.98

26.24

458

121.1

1612430

— 132300

—

20.22

25.75

18

25.16

25.52

443

114.3

1465370

— 37400

—

19.16

25.80

' 19

23.54

26.60

482

44.5

518120

— 314530

+

13.94

25.75

20

21.38

19.76

488

62.7

1078150

+ 136630

14.84

20.01

21

22.10

22.10

196

42.4

394880

0

+

17.82

23.09

22

20.84

20.48

278

75.3

1375940

+ 30490

18.72

20.70

23

21.56

21.74

189

41.4

373260

— 15980

+

17.06

22.56

24

18.86

18.50

239

74.3

1293620

+ 27570

—

17.00

18.42

25

33.26

33.08

288

86.5

422170

+ 24480

+

18.87

33.55

26

31.64

32.54

327

104.3

662910

+ 118410

+

20.86

32.36

27

18,50

17.78

223

71.8

1098370

+ 53550

—

13.56

19.35

28

19.76

19.94

160

37.2

287900

+ 14650

+

15.36

20.07

29

14.90

17.06

203

61.3

480140

— 141520

+

16.68

16.61

30

19.58

20.84

200

44.6

478180

— 104400

+

17.39

21.15

31

15.08

15.62

200

69.5

1188680

— 33980

13.62

15.34

32

19.58

20.48

194

43.8

457010

— 73910

+

17.58

20.81

33

35.24

36.50

420

113.8

895690

—185300

+

24.22

36.22

34

34.34

32.72

479

155.7

1585580

+ 222710

26.88

34.43

35

38.30

38.66

407

98.9

659400

— 56800

+

22.04

39 35

36

12.74

14.18

203

71.1

1255410

— 79470

14.05

15.14

37

16.34

13.46

0

+ 175940

+

13.38

14.12

38

13.10

11.30

! ! 0 ' + 90040

+

11.64

11.12

42

ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TABLE 7

THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 3°-40' CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 7

2

8

9

Section

Grade

Motor

Data

Item No.

Test No.

Wind Opposing or

Limits Trolley

Rise or Fall Over Section

Length of Track

Time to Run Over

Number in Use

Efficiency of Motors

Helping

Line Pole Numbers

+UP

— Down

Section

Section

and Connection *

and Gears

i

OorH

Feet

Feet

Sec.

Per cent

1

126

H

27-38

+ 4.81

1125

25.3

4M

78.0

2

125

0

38-27

__

24.1

» »

66.6

3

125

0

38-27

25.2

»»

71.0

4

126

H

27-38

+

28.2

• »

79.8

5

126

H

27-38

+

24.7

»»

83.5

6

126

H

27-38

+

23.8

»»

84.2

7

126

H

27-38

+

38.0

48

75.5

8

125

o

38-27

29.7

71.5

9

126

H

27-38

+

34.6

»»

75.7

10

128

27-38

+

36.2

4M

78.1

11

127

38-27

75.6

23.5

12

128

27-38

+

48.7

48

71.7

13

129

H

38-27

29.9

48.7

14

130

0

27-38

+

38.1

"

75.3

15

129

H

38-27

40.8

"

35.0

16

130

O

27-38

+

43.1

"

74.2

17

129

H

38-27

20.3

4M

63.3

18

130

0

27-38

+

23.9

"

82.3

19

129

H

38-27

21.1

"

26.7

20

130

0

27-38

+

24.7

' '

78.1

21

130

O

27-38

+

25.4

"

78.2

22

129

H

38-27

25.7

"

30.5

23

130

O

27-38

+

23.4

"

83.7

24

129

H

38-27

26.9

' '

64.2

25

130

O

27-38

+

23.7

' >

80.6

26

129

H

38-27

55.6

4S

53.3

*S= Series-Multiple. M=Multiple.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR

43

TABLE 7 (Continued)

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 3°-40' CURVE, GIVING THE BESULTS OP RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 7

10 I

11

12 13 14

15

16

17

18 | 19

Sp<

>ed

Energy

Imparted to

the Car

Net Car

Average

Item

At

At

Average

Average

By the

Resis-

Speed

No.

Entrance

Exit

Voltage

Current

By the

Change in

By the

tance

Over the

to the

from the

Current

Kinetic

Grade

Section

Section

Section

Energy

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Lb. per

M.P.H.

Ton

1

32.56

29.68

344

131.1

656380

+ 371050

—275850

23.30

30.32

2

33.64

32.20

275

90.7

295220

+ 196260

+ "

23.79

31.83

3

30.58

30.40

294

104.8

406550

+22720

+ ;;

21.86

30.44

4

28.42

26.62

340

147:0

829490

+ 205080

23.52

27.20

5

31.84

32.02

407

162.0

1002830

—23790

— "

21.80

31.05

6

32.56

32.56

449

166.9

1107550

0

— "

25.78

32.23

7

21.04

20.32

239

67.5

682800

+ 61640

— »»

14.52

20.19

8

25.18

26.44

262

54.0

443210

— 134640

+ ||

18.12

25.83

9

23.02

20.86

264

66.2

675120

+ 196200

18.46

22.17

10

20.28

20.46

280

152.4

889700

— 15220

— 276580

18.49

21.19

11

9.66

8.94

91.8

40.4

48610

+ 27790

+ ;;

10.91

10.15

12

17.94

16.68

173

58.4

520450

+ 90510

10.34

15.75

13

26.28

25.02

155

33.1

110180

+ 133800

+ 275850

16.12

25.65

14

20.52

20.52

236

66.9

668180

0

"

12.16

20.13

15

18.54

18.18

93.6

26.5

52240

+ 27360

+ ||

11.02

18.80

16

18.90

18.18

207

64.4

628790

+ 55260

12.65

17.80

17

39.24

37.62

304

81.8

235690

+257740

+ ||

23.85

37.79

18

32.04

30.78

395

151.0

865310

+ 163850

23.35

32.09

19

38.52

36.00

151

43.3

27170

+ 388730

+ ||

21.44

36.35

20

33.30

31.50

344

132.0

646040

+ 241440

18.96

31.05

21

30.24

28.98

270

156.3

618180

+ 154460

— "

15.40

30.20

22

30.24

28.44

140

47.1

38100

+218640

+ ||

16.51

29.85

23

32.58

32.58

436

160.4

1010100

0

22.76

32.78

24

28.80

29.16

222

86.8

245430

— 43190

+ ||

14.82

28.51

25

34.74

32.40

383

139.9

754830

+ 325210

24.93

32.36

26

11.16

14.76

103

36.5

164350

—193160

+ "

7.66

13.80

44

ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TABLE 8

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 5°-0' CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 9

Grade

Motor

Data

Section

Wind

Limits

Rise or

Length

Time

Item

Test

Opposing

Fall Over

of

to Run

Number

Efficiency

No.

No.

or

'Trolley

Section

Track

Over

in Use

of Motors

Helping

Line Pole

Section

Section

and

and

Numbers

+Up

Connection

Gears

— Down

*

0 orH

Feet

Feet

Sec.

Per cent

1

125

O

24-14

— 0.15

714

14.0

4M

82.9

2

126

H

14-24

+

15.2

4M

80.5

3

126

H

14-24

+

17.4

4M

83.1

4

125

0

24-14

15.6

4M

77.3

5

126

H

14-24

+

15.6

4M

85.3

6

126

H

14-24

+

14.7

4M

83.4

7

126

H

14-24

+

13.6

4M

85.8

8

126

H

14-24

+

24.8

48

76.5

9

125

0

24-14

19.0

4S

70.3

10

126

H

14-24

+

21.4

4S

76.3

11

127

24-14

25.0

4M

74.9

12

128

. .

14-24

+

23.9

4M

75.8

13

127

. .

24-14

47.3

4S

70.8

14

128

. .

14-24

+

30.4

4S

73.4

15

129

H

24-14

19.9

4S

68.7

16

130

0

14-24

+

23.7

4S

74.6

17

129

H

24-14

27.9

48

69.9

18

130

O

14-24

+

31.0

4S

75.0

19

130

O

14-24

+

15.4

4M

85.5

20

130

0

14-24

+

14.9

4M

79.0

21

129

H

24-14

12.4

4M

83.4

22

130

0

14-24

+

16.0

4M

85.1

23

130

O

14-24

+

14.6

4M

82.8

*S= Series-Multiple. M= Multiple,

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 45

TABLE 8 (Continued)

THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 5°-0' CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Speed

Energy Imparted to the Car

Net Car

Average

Item

At

At

Average

Average

By the

Resis-

Speed

No.

Entrance

Exit

Voltage

Current

By the

Change in

By the

tance

Over the

to the

from the

Current

Kinetic

Grade

Section

Section

Section

Energy

..;•

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Lb. per Ton

M.P.H.

1

34.72

35.26

462

146.7

580160

— 78220

+ 8600

24.93

34.77

2

33.10

32.02

383

138.6

479000

+ 145580

30.09

32.03

3

28.42

28.24

387

164.6

679280

+ 21110

—

33.79

27.98

4

32.74

31.84

354

123.2

387840

+ 120310

+

25.24

31.21

5

30.22

32.20

460

196.4

886580

— 255830

30.39

31.21

6

32.74

32.56

436

155.8

614200

+ 24330

30.77

33.12

7

33.82

35.08

524

195.9

883380

— 179700

.

33.95

35.80

8

19.60

20.32

243

71.9

488880

— 59500

.

20.55

19.63

9

26.26

24.82

245

51.8

250010

+ 152260

+

20.07

25.62

10

22.30

22.30

268

68.1

439530

O

21.05

22.75

11

18.84

19.56

221

131.9

402550

— 57370

+ 8630

17.23

19.47

12

20.10

19.56

245

136.5

446780

+ 44440

23.51

20.37

13

10.74

10.92

121

59.8

357380

—8090

+

17.44

10.29

14

16.32

16.68

189

62.7

390010

— 24650

17.38

16.01

15

24.30

23.76

220

49.3

218690

+ 53720

+

13.73

24.46

16

19.98

19.80

230

64.3

385700

+ 14820

— 8600

19.14

20.54

17

17.64

18.54

166

54.0

257880

— 67400

+

9.72

17.45

18

16.02

16.74

194

69.9

465020

— 48830

19.91

15.70

19

30.06

32.58

480

199.6

930380

—326760

.

29.06

31.61

20

33.48

31.86

380

128.4

423550

+ 219110

30.97

32.67

21

39.06

38.88

482

150.6

553640

+ 29040

+

28.88

39.26

22

27.54

30.24

441

194.1

859580

— 322930

25.79

30.43

23

34.02

33.66

431

150.0

576390

+ 50440

—

30.20

33.34

46

ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TABLE 9

THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 6°-30' CURVE, GIVING THE EESIJLTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 10

3

Section

Grade

Motor

Data

Wind

Limits

Rise or

Length

Time

Item No.

Test No.

Opposing or

Trolley

Fall Over Section

of Track

to Run Over

Number in Use

Efficiency of Motors

Helping

Line Pole

Section

Section

and

and

Numbers

+Up

Connection

Gears

— Down

*

O orH

Feet

Feet

Sec.

Per cent

1

133

H

1155-1151

H-3.22

365

18.3

48

73.1

2

134

O

1151-1155

., .

13.4

38.0

3

133

H

1155-1151

+

25.1

74.5

4

134

O

1151-1155

17.7

49.8

5

133

H

1155-1151

+

16.5

74.5

6

134

O

1151-1155

12.7

45.1

7

133

H

1155-1151

+

17.0

75.9

8

134

0

1151-1155

12.1

49.3

9

133

H

1155-1151

+

20.2

75.6

10

133

H

1155-1151

+

15.0

78.3

11

134

0

1151-1155

9.1

4M

57.0

12

133

H

1155-1151

+

9.9

83.5

13

134

O

1151-1155

7.9

54.1

14

134

O

1151-1155

.

7.9

76.3

15

134

O

1151-1155

.

13.0

4S

53.7

16

133

H

1155-1151

+

20.9

75.6

17

134

O

1151-1155

14.4

62.2

18

133

H

1155-1151

4-

12.9

78.4

19

134

O

1151-1155

11.4

50.9

20

133

H

1155-1151

+

25.7

75.2

21

133

H

1155-1151

4-

13.6

77.4

rS— Series-Multiple. M=Multiple.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR

47

TABLE 9 (Continued1)

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 6°-30' CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OP RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 10

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Sp

wd

Energy

[mparted to

the Car

Item No.

At Entrance to the Section

At Exit from the Section

Average Voltage

Average Current

By the Current

By the Change in Kinetic Energy

By the Grade

Net Car Resis- tance

Average Speed Over the Section

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Lb. per Ton

M.P.H.

1

14.59

12.38

173

63.2

215730

+ 123080

— 184510

14.75

13.60

2

18.84

18.84

106

13.2

10510

0

+ "

18.65

18.57

3

9.49

10.00

146

78.4

315710

—20530

10.58

9.91

4

13.23

14.08

97.2

34.6

43730

— 47940

+

17.24

14.06

5

15.61

14.25

202

66.3

242830

+ 83860

13.60

15.08

6

18.84

19.52

149

31.4

39530

—53870

+

16.27

19.60

7

14.93

14.25

202

74.4

286030

+40980

13.63

14.64

8

19.69

20.03

140

33.7

41510

—27890

+

18.95

20.57

9

12.04

11.53

182

77.5

317720

+ 24820

15.11

12.32

10

16.29

16.46

248

84.5

363020

—11500

—

15.97

16.59

11

27.17

27.17

225

73.8

63500

0

+

23.71

27.35

12

24.45

24.11

380

180.0

417000

+ 34090

25.49

25.14

13

31.76

31.42

230

69.8

50600

+44360

+

26.72

31.50

14

31.59

31.93

365

115.8

187890

— 44600

+

31.35

31.50

15

18.84

19.18

158

35.9

58400

— 26690

20.68

19.14

16

11.19

11.19

184

77.2

331060

0

14.01

11.91

17

16.12

17.48

169

42.4

94670

—94360

+

17.68

17.28

18

19.69

19.18

282

77.9

327710

+40940

17.61

19.29

19

20.71

21.05

169

34.1

49320

—29320

+

19.56

21.83

20

9.49

11.53

157

83.4

373260

—88550

9.58

9.68

21

18.67

17.82

256

75.6

300490

+ 6405C

—

17.21

18.30

48

ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TABLE 10

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 8°-0' CURVE, GIVING THE EESULTS OF EESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 12

Item No.

Test No.

Wind Opposing or Helping

Section Limits

Trolley Line Pole Numbers

Grade

Length of Track Section

Time to Run Over Section

Motor Data

Rise or Fall Over Section

+ Up — Down

Number in Use and Connection

*

Efficiency of Motors and Gears

O orH

Feet

Feet

Sec.

Per cent

1

142

O

1735 -1737.5

+ 0.65

176

6.7

4S

80.3

2

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

6.4

"

66.8

3

141

H

1737.5-1735

6.2

» >

41.2

4

142

O

1735 -1737.5

+

13.9

»

73.3

5

142

O

1735 -1737.5

+

8.1

> >

64.8

6

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

6.7

> '

78.0

7

141

H

1737.5-1735

4.9

4M

21.5

8

142

O

1735 -1737.5

T

4.9

65.4

9

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

4.5

»»

72.3

10

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

5.3

"

73.9

11

141

H

1737.5-1735

8.1

4S

33.0

12

142

O

1735 -1737.5

+

8.8

4M

74.0

13

141

H

1737.5-1735

7.7

48

28.2

14

141

H

1737.5-1735

— .

10.3

21.2

15

142

O

1735 -1737.5

+

7.7

4M

75.9

16

141

H

1737.5-1735

7.95

4S

49.6

17

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

15.3

70.1

18

141

H

1737.5-1735

6.1

»

52.8

19

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

4.5

4M

85.2

20

141

H

1737.5-1735

9.4

4S

56.4

21

141

H

1737.5-1735

.

6.5

59.1

22

141

H

1737.5-1735

.

6.1

»

62.5

23

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

5.6

411

69.7

24

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

3.5

86.1

25

142

0

1735 -1737.5

4-

5.6

> >

74.6

26

141

H

1737.5-1735

8.3

48

59.7

27

141

H

1737.5-1735

.

10.7

C

28

142

0

1737.5-1735

+

5.4

4M

69.6

29

142

0

1735 -1737.5

+

9.4

' '

73.4

30

153

1737.5-1735

12.2

48

28.5

31

153

1737.5-1735

.

9.0

43.8

32

154

„

1735 -1737.5

+

6.8

> »

74.0

33

154

.

1735 -1737.5

+

11.7

"

74.7

34

153

1737.5-1735

7.8

> >

66.8

35

153

. .

1737.5-1735

—

7.4

"

40.4

36

153

. .

1737.5-1735

—

6.2

»»

51.5

37

154

1735 -1737.5

+

7.5

»»

76.1

38

153

1737.5-1735

7.46

' '

37.3

39

153

1737.5-1735

6.2

> >

54.8

40

153

1737.5-1735

—

12.2

' '

46.7

"8 = Series-Multiple. M = Multiple. C = Coasting.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 49

TABLE 10 (Continued)

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 8°-0' CURVE, GIVING THE RESULTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 12

10

11

12

13

14 | 15

16

17 | 18 | 19

Speed

Energy Imparted to the Car

Item No.

At Entrance to the

At Exit from the

Average Voltage

Average Current

By the

Current

By the Change in Kinetic

By the Grade

Net Car Resis- tance

Average Speed Over the Section

Section

Section

Energy

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Lb. per Ton

M.P.H.

1

17.52

18.96

290

94.9

218390

— 109530

—37570

14.02

17.91

2

18.78

17.88

203

46.7

59780

+ 68790

17.89

18.75

3

19.32

19.32

401

24.1

36420

0

+

14.55

19.35

4

7.62

9.06

128

71.4

137360

— 50080

9.77

8.63

5

16.26

15.18

162

45.5

57060

+ 70800

— -

17.75

14.81

6

17.88

18.42

260

79.3

158950

— 40870

—

15.83

17.91

7

25.26

24.90

117

43.1

3920

+ 37650

+

15.56

24.49

8

26.34

25.26

236

89.2

49750

+ 116190

25.24

24.49

9

27.06

26.52

301

109.7

79230

+ 60330

— .

20.05

26.67

10

21.12

20.58

258

120.3

89660

+ 46950

— .

19.47

22.64

11

14.82

14.28

86

27.7

9440

+ 32760

-f

15.68

14.81

12

13.92

13.56

171

136.4

112000

+ 20630

— .

18.69

13.64

13

16.08

15.72

59

26.2

4980

+ 23870

+

13.06

15.58

14

11.76

11.40

56

22.6

4060

+ 17380

+

11.60

11.65

15

15.54

15.54

212

145.3

132750

0

—

18.71

15.58

16

15.90

15.90

110

34.3

21960

0

+

11.70

15.09

17

7.26

8.16

108

58.8

100460

— 28940

—

6.67

7.84

18

20.40

20.04

166

35.3

27840

+ 30350

+

18.83

19.67

19

25.26

26.34

432

204.6

249930

— 116190

—

18.91

26.67

20

13.02

13.02

97

38.9

29560

0

+

13.20

12.77

21

19.68

19.68

169

39.8

38110

0

+

14.88

18.46

22

20.04

20.04

169

42.7

40570

0

+

15.36

19.67

23

22.74

22.20

236

101.3

68830

+ 50600

16.09

21.43

24

34.08

34.44

539

208.3

249520

— 51430

—

31.56

34.29

25

21.48

20.94

243

126.7

94860

+ 47760

—

20.65

21.43

26

14.28

14.28

112

41.2

33730

0

+

14.02

14.46

27

11.94

11.40

0

0

0

+ 26280

+

12.55

11.21

28

23.10

22.56

262

100.0

72620

+ 51410

— •

17.00

22.22

29

12.66

12.66

171

130.0

113120

0

—

14.85

12.77

30

10.04

9.68

57

26.3

7690

+ 14800

+ 37640

11.80

9.84

31

13.64

13.64

107

31.6

19650

0

+

11.24

13.33

32

17.42

17.42

220

62.5

102060

0

—

12.64

17.65

33

10.22

11.66

153

78.1

154050

— 65690

—

9.96

10.26

34

15.08

15.62

165

48.1

60980

— 34570

+

12.57

15.38

35

16.52

15.80

130

29.9

17130

+ 48520

+

20.27

16.22

36

20.66

20.12

179

34.3

28920

4- 45910

+

22.07

19.35

37

15.62

15.62

207

75.4

131410

0

—

18.40

16.00

38

16.16

15.98

116

28.9

13750

+ 12060

+

12.45

16.09

39

20.12

19 76

165

36.6

30270

-f 29930

+

19.20

19.35

40

9.86

9.50

68

33.5

19160

-J- 14530

4- -

14.00

9.84

50

ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

TABLE 11

THE IMMEDIATE EESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 14°-30' CURVE, GIVING THE EESULTS OF EESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 13

Grade

Motor Data

Section

— — —

Item No.

Test No.

Wind Opposing or

Limits Trolley

Rise or Fall Over Section

Length of Track

Time to Run Over

Number

in Use __. j

Efficiency of Motors

Helping

Line Pole Numbers

+ UP

Section

Section

Connection *

and Gears

— Down

O or H

I?eet

Feet

Sec.

Per cent

1

141

O

1735-1732

— 0.17

276

10.1

4 S

74.2

2

142

H

1732-3735

*

10.7

' '

72.9

3

141

O

1735-1732

9.0

' '

60.7

4

142

H

1732-1735

-f

9.9

' '

78.4

5

141

O

1735-1732

9.9

' '

61.7

6

142

H

1732-1735

+

22.7

' '

72.4

7

141

O

1735-1732

8.7

"

74.4

8

141

0

1735-1732

9.1

1 >

60.0

9

142

H

1732-1735

+

10.7

> >

75.0

10

142

H

1732-1735

11.6

"

77.2

11

141

O

1735-1732

— .

7.1

4M

84.2

12

142

H

1732-1735

+

7.2

1 '

83.0

13

141

O

1735-:i732

10.2

48

72.0

14

142

H

1732-1735

+

8.8

4M

80.0

15

141

0

1735-1732

9.2

4S

76.8

16

142

H

1732-1735

+

27.5

"

72.2

17

141

0

1735-1732

13.2

» »

70.3

18

141

O

1735-1732

—

12.7

» >

60.6

19

141

0

1735-1732

— .

12.0

' '

69.3

20

142

H

1732-1735

+

25.0

' '

72.9

21

141

0

1735-1732

9.2

> '

75.7

22

141

O

1735-1732

— .

11.5

1 •

76.8

23

142

H

1732-173o

4-

7.6

4M

78.2

24

141

0

1735-1732

—

8.1

4S

73.8

25

141

O

1735-1732

.

14.1

' '

69.2

26

141

O

1735-1732

— .

9.6

' '

73.9

27

141

O

1736-1732

— .

9.6

' '

75.0

28

142

H

17*2-1735

+

38.1

"

71.7

29

141

0

1735-1732

9.8

"

72.9

30

141

O

1735-1732

— .

9.5

> >

77.7

31

141

O

1735-1732

— .

14.5

' '

66.5

32

142

TJ

1732-1735

+

5.6

4M

86.1

33

141

b

1735-1732

12.6

4S

68.7

34

142

H

1732-1735

+

21.1

1 '

75.2

35

141

O

1735-1732

9.3

1 '

74.7

36

142

H

1732-1735

4-

8.4

4M

83.8

37

142

H

1732-1735

+

7.6

' '

79.9

38

153

1735-1732

— .

8.6

4S

74.5

39

154

1732-1735

+

9.0

' '

77.4

40

153

1735-1732

11.7

"

63.2

4J

153

[ * " '

1735-1732

— .

12.6

M

75.1

42

153

1735-1732

— .

29.0

»»

67.7

43

153

[ \

1735-1732

— .

9.7

' '

71.6

44

153

1735-1732

— .

10.3

"

70.8

45

153

1735-1732

:

8.5

' '

67.7

46

153

1735-1732

8.1

' »

77.0

47

153

1735-1732

.

22.3

J'

68.2

48

153

1735-1732

,

9.0

*' '

75.9

49

15b

\ '

1735-1732

28.9

"

48.9

50

15S

1735-1732

—

15.4

' '

64.7

- Series-Multiple. M = Multiple.

RESISTANCE ON CURVES OF A TWENTY-EIGHT TON ELECTRIC CAR 51

TABLE 11 (Continued)

THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF THE TESTS ON THE 14°-30' CURVE, GIVING THE EESULTS OF RESISTANCE AND SPEED USED IN PRODUCING FIG. 13

10

11

12

13 14

15

16

17

18

19

Speed

Energy Imparted to the Car

Item

At

At

Average

Average

By the

Net Car

Average Speed

No.

Entrance

Exit Voltage

Current

By the

Change in

By the

Resis-

Over the

to the

from the

Current

Kinetic

Grade

tance

Section

Section

Section

Energy

M.P.H.

M.P.H.

Volts

Amp. | Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Ft. Lb.

Lb. per Ton

M.P.H.

1

18.96

18.96

224

63.2

156470

0 +9830

20.85

18.63

2

18.24

17.52

194

60.1

134150

+ 53680

. > >

22.32

17.59

3

21.48

20.22

167

41.1

55320

+ 109550

+ "

21.90

20.91

4

18.60

18.78

260

82.4 245280

— 14030

, *"

27.76

19.01

5

19.32

18.06

420

35.9

135870

+ 98200

+ "

30.58

19.01

6

7.62

7.62

112

67.9

184360

0

— "

21.88

8.29

7

21.66

21.48

268

61.2

156580

+ 16190

+ "

22.89

21.63

8

21.12

19.50

178

40.3

57780

+ 137200

_l_ >

25.68

20.68

9

18.60

17.88

225

66.4

176840

+ 54760

>

27.80

17.59

10

14.28

15.18

227

80.2

240470

— 55280

»

21.98

16.22

11

26.16

26.52

383

202.7

342260

— 39540

_i_ >

39.18

26.50

12

26.34

26.34

383

164.5

277660

0

. »

33.58

26.14

13

19.32

18.78

193

57.5

120240

+ 42900 ,

_j_ •

21.69

18.45

14

21.30

21.12

312

164.3

266140

+ 15920

. »

34.13

21.38

15

19.86

20.04

260

71.6

194000

— 14970

_|_ »

23.68

20.45

16

5.82

5.82

91.8

70.9

190650

0

>

22.67

6.84

17

14.28

13.38

142

56.4

109640

+ 51900

_l_ •

21.48

14.26

18

15.72

13.56

113

42.0

53860

+ 131870

_l_ »

24.52

14.82

19

15.90

15.00

164

52.7

106040

+ 57980

+ ' '

21.80

15.68

20

6.00

7.26

106

75.4

214790

— 34840

»

21.33

7.53

21

20.04

19.86

247

67.8

172010

+ 14970

_j_ >

24.67

20.45

22

16.98

17.52

220

78.3

224390

— 38840

_l_ »

24.49

16.36

23

26.52

25.26

290

150.0

190670

+ 136030

. »

39.72

24.76

24

22.74

22.38

264

59.8

139180

+ 33870

i »

22.93

23.23

25

13.02

12.66

140

54.0

108800

+ 19280

i »

17.29

13.35

26

19.68

19.32 230

61.4

147760

+ 29270

i i

23.43

19.60

27

19.68

19.32 243

65.2

168270

+ 29270

_j_ >

26.00

19.60

28

3.48

4.02

93.6

67.2

253450

— 8440

. »

29.48

4.94

29

19.14

19.14

218

59.0

135510

0

_l_ f

18.22

19.20

30

20.04

20.04

264

76.7

220480

0

_l_ »

28.87

19.81

31

13.38

12.30

128

49.2

89600

+ 57830

_j_ »

19.72

12.98

32

33.90

34.08

573

194.7

396700

— 25510

>

45.30

33.60

33

14.28

14.28

164

51.4

107630

0

_j_ >

14.73

14.93

34

6.18

9.96 151

88.6

313150

— 127200

»

22.08

8.92

35

20.22

20.40 243

63.8

158880

— 15240

_|_ »

19.24

20.23

36

21.48

23.10 370

199.1

382450

— 150580

»

27.84

22.40

37

24.00

23.64 318

149.1

212320

+ 35760

»

29.87

24.76

38

21.56

21.56 266

61.6

154840

0

+ 9840

20.61

21.88

39

21.56

21.74

279

72.3

207240

— 16250

_^ ' »

22.67

20.91

40

17.06

15.44

144

44.1

69260

+ 109780

+ "

23.64

16.08

41

13.82

15.26

189

71.8

189400

— 87310

+ "

14.01

14.93

42

8.06 ! 5.18

75

54.7

118880

+ 79500

+ "

26.06

6.49

43

20.12

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52 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

Bulletin No. 1. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1904. None available.

Circular No. 1. High-Speed Tool Steels, by L. P. Breckenridge. 1905. None available. Bulletin, No. 2. Tests of High-Speed Tool Steels on Cast Iron, by L. P. Breckenridge and Henry B. Dirks. 1995. None available.

Circular No. a. Drainage of Earth Roads, by Ira O. Baker. 1906. None available. Circular No. 3. Fuel Tests with Illinois Coal (Compiled from tests made by the Tech- nologic Branch of the U. S. G. S., at the St. Louis, Mo., Fuel Testing Plan, 1904-1907), by L. P. Breckenridge and Paul Diserens. 1909. Thirty cents.

Bulletin No. 3. The Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois, by L. P. Breckenridge. 1906. None available.

Bulletin No. 4. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams, Series of 1905, by Arthur N. Tal- bolt. 1906. Forty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 5. Resistance of Tubes to Collapse, by Albert P. Carman and M. L. Carr. 1906. None available.

BuUetin No. 6. Holding Power of Railroad Spikes, by Roy I. Webber, 1906. None available.

Bulletin No. 7. Fuel Tests with Illinois Coals, by L. P. Breckenridge, S. W. Parr, and Henry B. Dirks. 1906. None available.

Bulletin No. 8. Tests of Concrete: I, Shear; II, Bond, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1906. None available.

Bulletin No. 9. An Extension of the Dewey Decimal System of Classification Applied to the Engineering Industries, by L. P. Breckenridge and G. A. Goodenough. 1906. Revised Edition 1912. Fifty cents.

Bulletin No. 10. Tests of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Columns. Series of 1906, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1907. None available.

Bulletin No. 11. The Effect of Scale on the Transmission of Heat through Locomotive Boiler Tubes, by Edward C. Schmidt and John M. Snodgrass. 1907. None available.

Bulletin No. 12. Tests of Reinforced Concrete T-Beams, Series of 1906, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1907. None available.

Bulletin No. 13. An Extension of the Dewey Decimal System of Classification Applied to Architecture and Building, by N. Clifford Ricker. 1907. None available.

Bulletin No. 14. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams, Series of 1906, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1907. None available.

Bulletin No. 15. How to Burn Illinois Coal Without Smoke, by» L. P. Breckenridge. 1908. None available.

Bulletin No. 16. A Study of Roof Trusses, by N. Clifford Ricker. 1908. Fifteen cents.

Bulletin No. 17. The Weathering of Coal, by S. W. Parr, N. D. Hamilton, and W. F. Wheeler. 1908. None available.

Bulletin No. 18. The Strength of Chain Links, by G. A. Goodenough and L. E. Moore. 1908. Forty cents.

Bulletin No. 19. Comparative Tests of Carbon, Metallized Carbon and Tantalum Fila- ment Lamps, by T. H. Amrine. 1908. None available.

Bulletin No. 20. Tests of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Columns, Series of 1907, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1908. None available.

Bulletin No. 21. Tests of a Liquid Air? Plant, by C. S. Hudson and C. M. Garland. 1908. Fifteen cents.

Bulletin No. 22. Tests of Cast-Iron and Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1908. None available.

Bulletin No. 23. Voids, Settlement, and Weight of Crushed Stone, by Ira O. Baker. 1908. Fifteen cents.

*Bulletin No* 24. The Modification of Illinois Coal by Low Temperature Distillation, by S. W. Parr and C. K. Francis. 1908. Thirty cents.

Bulletin No. 25. Lighting Country Homes by Private Electric Plants, by T. H. Amrine.

1908. Twenty cents.

Bulletin No. 26. High Steam-Pressures in Locomotive Service. A Review of a Report to the Carnegie Institution of Washington, by W. F. M. Goss. 1908. Twenty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 27. Tests of Brick Columns and Terra Cotta Block Columns, by Arthur N. Talbot and Duff A. Abrams. 1909. Twenty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 28. A Test of Three Reinforced Concrete Beams, by Arthur N. Talbot.

1909. Fifteen cents.

Bulletin No. 29. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Beams: Resistance to Web Stresses, Series of 1907 and 1908, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1909. Forty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 30. On the Rate of Formation of Carbon Monoxide in Gas Producers, by J. K. Clement, L. H. Adams, and C. N. Haskins. 1909. Twenty-five cents.

* Bulletin No. 31. Fuel Tests with House-heating Boilers, by J. M. Snodgrass. 1909. Fifty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 32. The Occluded Gases in Coal, by S. W. Parr and Perry Barker. 1909. Fifteen cents.

Bulletin No. 33. Tests of Tungsten Lamps, by T. H. Amrine and A. Guell. 1909. Twenty cents.

*Bulletin No. 34. Tests of Two Types of Tile-Roof Furnaces under a Water-Tube Boiler, by J. M. Snodgrass. 1909. Fifteen cents.

Bulletin No. 35. A Study of Base and Bearing Plates for Columns and Beams, by N. Clifford Ricker. 1909. Twenty cents.

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Bulletin No. 36. The Thermal Conductivity of Fire-Clay at High Temperatures, by J. K. Clement and W. L. Egy. 1909. Twenty cents.

Bulletin No. 37. Unit Coal and the Composition of Coal Ash, by S. W. Parr and W. F. Wheeler. 1909. Thirty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 38. The Weathering of Coal, by S. W. Parr and W. F. Wheeler. 1909. Twenty-fire cents.

^Bulletin No. 39. Tests of Washed Grades of Illinois Coal, by C. S. McGovney. 1909. Seventy-five cents.

Bulletin No. 40. A Study in Heat Transmission, by J. K. Clement and C. M. Garland.

1910. Ten cents.

* Bulletin No. 41. Tests of Timber Beams, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1910. Twenty cents.

* Bulletin No. 42. The Effect of Keyways on the Strength of Shafts, by Herbert F. Moore. 1910. Ten cents.

Bulletin No. 43. Freight Train Resistance, by Edward C. Schmidt. 1910. Seventy- fire cents.

Bulletin No. 44. An Investigation of Built-up Columns Under Load, by Arthur N. Tal- bot and Herbert F. Moore. 1911. Thirty-five cents.

* Bulletin No. 45. The Strength of Oxyacetylene Welds in Steel, by Herbert L. White- more. 1911. Thirty-five cents.

* Bulletin No. 46. The Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, by S. W. Parr and F. W. Kressman. 1911. Forty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 47. Magnetic Properties of Heusler Alloys, by Edward B. Stephenson,

1911. Twenty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 48. Resistance to Flow Through Locomotive Water Columns, by Arthur N. Talbot and Melvin L. Enger. 1911. Forty cents.

*Bulletin No. 49. Tests of Nickel-Steel Riveted Joints, by Arthur N. Talbot and Herbert F. Moore. 1911. Thirty cents.

*BuUetin No. 50. Tests of a Suction Gas Producer, by C. M. Garland and A. P. Kratz.

1912. Fifty cents.

Bulletin No. 51. Street Lighting, by J. M. Bryant and H. G. Hake. 1912. Thirty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 52. An Investigation of the Strength of Rolled Zinc, by Herbert F. Moore. 1912. Fifteen cents.

*Bulletin No. 53. Inductance of Coils, by Morgan Brooks and H. M. Turner. 1912. Forty cents.

*Bulletin No. 54. Mechanical Stresses in Transmission Lines, by A. Guell. 1912. Twenty cents.

*Bulletin No. 55. Starting Currents of Transformers, with Special Reference to Trans- formers with Silicon Steel Cores, by Trygve D. Yensen. 1912. Twenty cents.

*Bulletin No. 56. Tests of Columns: An Investigation of the Value of Concrete as Reinforcement for Structural Steel Columns, by Arthur N. Talbot and Arthur R. Lord. 1912. Twenty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 57. Superheated Steam in Locomotive Service. A Review of Publication No. 127 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, by W. F. M. Goss. 1912. Forty cents.

*Bulletin No. 58. A New Analysis of the Cylinder Performance of Reciprocating En- gines, by J. Paul Clayton. 1912. Sixty cents.

*Bulletin No. 59. The Effect of Cold Weather Upon Train Resistance and Tonnage Rating, by Edward C. Schmidt and F. W. Marquis. 1912. Twenty cents.

Bulletin No. 60. The Coking of Coal at Low Temperatures, with a Preliminary Study of the By-Products, by S. W. Parr and H. L. Olin. 1912. Twenty-five cents.

* Bulletin No. 61. Characteristics and Limitation of the Series Transformer, by A. R. Anderson and H. R. Woodrow. 1913. Twenty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 62. The Electron Theory of Magnetism, by Elmer H. Williams. 1913 Thirty-five cents.

Bulletin No. 63. Entropy-Temperature and Transmission Diagrams for Air, by C. R. Richards. 1913. Twenty- five cents.

*Bulletin No. 64. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Under Load, by Arthur N. Talbot and Willis A. Slater. 1913. Fifty cents.

* Bulletin No. 65. The Steam Consumption of Locomotive Engines from the Indicator Diagrams, by J. Paul Clayton. 1913. Forty cents.

Bulletin No. 66. The Properties of Saturated and Superheated Ammonia Vapor, by G. A. Goodenough and William Earl Mosher. 1913. Fifty cents.

Bulletin No. 67. Reinforced Concrete Wall Footings and Column Footings, by Arthur N. Talbot. 1913. Fifty cents.

*Bulletin No. 68. Strength of I-Beams in Flexure, by Herbert F. Moore. 1913 Twenty cents.

*Bulletin No. 69. Coal Washing in Illinois, by F. C. Lincoln. 1913. Fifty cents.

Bulletin No. 70. The Mortar Making Qualities of Illinois Sands, by C. C. Wiley. 1913. Twenty cents.

Bulletin No. 71. Tests of Bond between Concrete and Steel, by Duff A. Abrams. 1914. One dollar.

* Bulletin No. 72. Magnetic and Other Properties of Electrolytic Iron Melted in Vacuo, by Trygve D. Yensen. 1914. Forty cents.

* Bulletin No 73. Acoustics of Auditoriums, by F. R. Watson. 1914. Twenty cents. *Bulletin No. 74. The Tractive Resistance of a 28-Ton Electric Car, by Harold H. Dunn.

1914. Twenty-five cents.

*A limited number of copies of those bulletins which are starred are available for free distribution.

54 PUBLIC AriONS t)F I'HE ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION

Bulletin No. 75. Thermal Properties of Steam, by G. A. Goodenough. 1914. Thirty- five cents.

*Bulletin No. 76. The Analysis of Coal with Phenol as a Solvent, by S. W. Parr and H. P. Hadley. 1914. Twenty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 77. The Effect of Boron upon the Magnetic and Other Properties of Electrolytic Iron Melted in Vacuo, by Trygve D. Yensen. 1915. Ten cents.

*Bulletin No. 78. A Study of Boiler Losses, by A. P. Kratz. 1915. Thirty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 79. The Coking of Coal at Low Temperatures, with Special Reference to the Properties and Composition of the Products, by S. W. Parr and H. L. Olin. 1915. Twenty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 80. Wind Stresses in the Steel Frames of Office Buildings, by W. M. Wil- son and G. A. Maney. 1915. Fifty cents.

* Bulletin No. 81. Influence of Temperature on the Strength of Concrete, by A. B. Mc- Daniel. 1915. Fifteen cents.

*Bulletin No. 82. Laboratory Tests of a Consolidation Locomotive, by E. C. Schmidt, J. M. Snodgrass and R. B. Keller. 1915. Sixty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 83. Magnetic and Other Properties of Iron-Silicon Alloys, Melted in Vacuo, by Trygve D. Yensen. 1915. Thirty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 84. Tests of Reinforced Concrete Flat Slab Structure, by A. N. Talbot and W. A. Slater. 1916. Sixty-five cents.

*Bulletin No. 85. Strength and Stiffness of Steel Under Biaxial Loading, by A. T. Becker. 1916. Thirty-five cents.

* Bulletin No. 86. The Strength of I-Beams and Girders, by Herbert F. Moore and W. M. Wilson. 1916. Thirty cents.

*Bulletin No. 87. Correction of Echoes in the Auditorium, University of Illinois, by F. R. Watson and J. M. White. 1916. Fifteen cents.

*Bulletin No. 88. Dry Preparation of Bituminous Coal at Illinois Mines, by E. A. Hoi- brook. 1916. Seventy cents.

*Bulletin No. 89. Specific Gravity Studies of Illinois Coal, by Merle L. Nebel. 1916. Thirty cents.

Bulletin No. 90. Graphical Methods in Electric Motor Car Calculations, by A. M. Buck. 1916. Free upon request.

Bulletin No. 91. Subsidence Resulting from Mining, by L E. Young and H. H. Stoek. 1916. Free upon request.

Bulletin No. 92. The Tractive Resistance on Curves of a 28-Ton Electric Car, by E. C. Schmidt and H. H. Dunn. Free upon request.

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