Studies on the Transportation and Materials Handling means in Agricultural affairs (II)

Fundemental Studies on Hydraulic Locomotive

Abstract

The Hydraulic Locomotive described in this paper is a new means of transportation which uses a new power transmission method. The purpose of this study is to investigate the principle of the driving mechanism. The author introduced theoretical equations and compared theoretical results with those of the static experimental model. 1) To estimate the static pressure of the air-stream in an elastic pipe, the theoretical equation (31) was obtained. There are many approximations in the process of the complex calculation and the results were unsatisfied to conform with the experimental value. (Fig. 7)
From the fluid-movement equation, the theoretical formula (36) which indicates the horizontal force against the driven wheel was obtained. This equation is a simple formula and in conform to the experimental results. (Fig. 6)
From the above-mentioned investigations, it has become clear that the driving force of a carrier is expressed as a function of the initial static pressure P₀ and the air velocity V₀.