Email this article The evolution of design of general purpose tracked tractors
- Authors: Tsench Y.S.1, Kosenko V.V.2, Sharov V.V.3
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Affiliations:
- Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM
- Volgograd State Technical University
- Museum of the History of Domestic Tractor Industry, MBEC “Sozvezdie”
- Issue: Vol 89, No 3 (2022)
- Pages: 155-166
- Section: Hystory articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0321-4443/article/view/125919
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/0321-4443-109676
- ID: 125919
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BACKGROUND: The most important task, that supported the formation of mechanized agriculture in the 1920–30s, was the creation of domestic tractor industry. The Stalingrad (Volgograd) Tractor Plant, being the flagship of this important industry for many years, played a fundamental role in its development.
AIMS: Justification of the relevance of the tractor industry creation within the process of the country industrialization. Analysis of the advantages of tracked tractors in comparison with wheeled tractors, justification of need for their mass production, determination of trends in the development of technical and operational characteristics of general purpose tracked tractors.
METHODS: Analysis of the evolution parameters of the design of tracked tractors, produced by Stalingrad (Volgograd) Tractor Plant throughout its operation years, analysis of technical specification of the ten highest performance tracked tractors, produced in different years by this enterprise.
RESULTS: It is found that the first tracked models were based on wheeled tractors, met the operation requirements in the soil and climate conditions of our country in the best way, as well as satisfied the need for the use of such machines for military purposes. The importance of using the energy saturation indicator as the main factor of the tractor performance at increased velocities is justified; the graph of behavior of this indicator, depending on production year, is given and trends of its further growth are noted.
CONCLUSIONS: The energy saturation of tracked tractors, produced by the plant for 55 years, has increased by 1.85 times, from 7.5 to 13.91 kW. The experience of Volgograd tractor manufacturers should be analyzed and used in order to identify patterns, trends and modern directions of the tractor technology development.
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Yulia S. Tsench
Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM
Author for correspondence.
Email: vimasp@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3214-4725
SPIN-code: 5379-6131
Associate Professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.), Professor of the General Science and Special Disciplines Department, Deputy Director for Educational and Editorial-Publishing Activity
Russian Federation, MoscowVyacheslav V. Kosenko
Volgograd State Technical University
Email: kosenko46@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3996-6414
SPIN-code: 3616-4401
Cand. Sci. (Engin.), Senior Lecturer of the Technical Operation and Maintenance of Vehicles Department
Russian Federation, VolgogradVladimir V. Sharov
Museum of the History of Domestic Tractor Industry, MBEC “Sozvezdie”
Email: sharov_vv56@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7659-9978
SPIN-code: 5601-0079
Cand. Sci. (Engin.), Methodist
Russian Federation, Novy Byt village, Chekhov district, Moscow regionReferences
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