// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 5: ELECTRIC TRACTION-SPEED TIME CURVES AND MECHANICS OF TRAIN MOVEMENT // EXAMPLE : 5.10 : // Page number 784 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data W = 350.0 // Weight of train(tonne) G = 1.0 // Gradient alpha = 0.8 // Acceleration(km phps) u = 0.25 // Co-efficient of adhesion r = 44.5 // Train resistance(N/tonne) I = 10.0 // Rotational inertia(%) // Calculations W_e = W*(100+I)/100 // Accelerating weight of train(tonne) F_t = 277.8*W_e*alpha+W*r+98.1*W*G // Tractive effort(N) adhesive_weight = F_t/(u*9.81*1000) // Adhesive weight(tonnes) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 5.10 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMinimum adhesive weight of the locomotive = %.1f tonnes\n", adhesive_weight) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Train resistance is 44.5 N per tonne & not 45 N per tonne as mentioned in textbook problem statement")