Coefficient of output of transport installations

Abstract

The efficiency of mechanical installations is assessed by various indicators. A very important one is the efficiency (efficiency), which characterizes the perfection of mechanisms. The practical significance of this indicator is great. The efficiency gives a certain direction to mechanical engineering and establishes optimal operating modes for the operation of machines. It makes it possible to judge the advantage of a combination of mechanisms and significantly simplifies calculation and design work. For example, based on the efficiency values, in many cases friction bearings were replaced by rolling bearings, steam and heat engines by electric motors, the operation of fans is accepted in accordance with the highest values ​​of its efficiency, etc. In the general theory of machines, the mechanical efficiency is determined by the ratio of the absolute values ​​of the work of useful resistances to the work of all driving forces calculated for the period of steady-state motion. Thus, finding the efficiency is connected, firstly, with the clarification of what to call the work of the forces of useful resistance, and, secondly, with the consideration of the work produced only during movement at a constant speed.