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    This document discusses Khurram Mehdi and Nauman Rasheed's final project on the steam engine locomotive driving mechanism. It provides background on the history of the steam engine and how it enabled industrialization. It then describes how steam engines work using the Rankine cycle to convert heat into rotational motion. Finally, it discusses different types of valve gears used in steam locomotives, including the Stephenson, Walschaerts, Baker, Southern, and Young valve gears.

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    This document discusses Khurram Mehdi and Nauman Rasheed's final project on the steam engine locomotive driving mechanism. It provides background on the history of the steam engine and how it enabled industrialization. It then describes how steam engines work using the Rankine cycle to convert heat into rotational motion. Finally, it discusses different types of valve gears used in steam locomotives, including the Stephenson, Walschaerts, Baker, Southern, and Young valve gears.

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    This document discusses Khurram Mehdi and Nauman Rasheed's final project on the steam engine locomotive driving mechanism. It provides background on the history of the steam engine and how it enabled industrialization. It then describes how steam engines work using the Rankine cycle to convert heat into rotational motion. Finally, it discusses different types of valve gears used in steam locomotives, including the Stephenson, Walschaerts, Baker, Southern, and Young valve gears.

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    This document discusses Khurram Mehdi and Nauman Rasheed's final project on the steam engine locomotive driving mechanism. It provides background on the history of the steam engine and how it enabled industrialization. It then describes how steam engines work using the Rankine cycle to convert heat into rotational motion. Finally, it discusses different types of valve gears used in steam locomotives, including the Stephenson, Walschaerts, Baker, Southern, and Young valve gears.

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    Mechanics of Machines

    Final Project
    Group Members:
    Khurram Mehdi 120403
    Nauman Rasheed 110547

    Project :
    Steam Engine Locomotives Driving Mechanism

    History:

    In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous


    rotative motion.[1] Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of
    manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited
    anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883,
    engines that could provide 10,000hp had become feasible.[2] Steam
    engines could also be applied to vehicles such as traction engines and the
    railway locomotives. The stationary steam engine was a key component of
    the Industrial Revolution, allowing factories to locate where water power
    was unavailable.

    Working:

    Steam engines are external combustion engines,[3] where the working fluid
    is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources
    such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be used.
    The ideal thermodynamic cycle used to analyze this process is called the
    Rankine cycle. In the cycle, water is heated and transforms into steam
    within a boiler operating at a high pressure. When expanded through
    pistons or turbines, mechanical work is done. The reduced-pressure steam
    is then condensed and pumped back into the boiler.

    Application:

    In general usage, the term steam engine can refer to either the
    integrated steam plants (including boilers etc.) such as railway
    steam locomotives and portable engines, or may refer to the piston or
    turbine machinery alone, as in the beam engine and
    stationary steam engine. Specialized devices such as steam hammers
    and steam pile drivers are dependent on steam supplied from a
    separate boiler. Reciprocating piston type steam engines remained the
    dominant source of power until the early 20th century, when advances
    in the design of electric motors and internal combustion engines
    gradually resulted in the replacement of reciprocating (piston) steam
    engines in commercial usage, and the ascendancy of steam turbines in
    power generation.[4] Considering that the great majority of worldwide
    electric generation is produced by turbine type steam engines, the
    "steam age" is continuing with energy levels far beyond those of the
    turn of the 19th century.

    Different types of this


    mechanism

    Stephenson Valve Gear

    Stephenson valve gear was invented by employees of the Stephenson's


    Locomotive Works during the 1840's. The design used eccentrics on the
    driving axle of the locomotive to control valve motion. In the USA it quickly
    became the most popular valve gear through the 1800's. However,
    because the valve gear mechanism was located between the wheels, it
    was difficult to maintain

    Walschaerts Valve Gear

    Walschaerts valve gear was invented around the same time as Stephenson
    valve gear but did not become popular until the very late 1800's. After that
    it quickly became the most popular valve gear on steam locomotives. It's
    main advantage was that it was located completely outside the wheels and
    therefore was much easier to maintain than Stephenson valve gear.

    Baker Valve Gear

    Baker valve gear was similar to Walschaerts valve gear except that it
    replaced the slider and expansion link with a pin-joint mechanism. In most
    linkage mechanisms, a sliding joint will be the source of most problems.
    The Baker valve gear did not have any slider/block joints. It was made up
    completely of pin joints, thus requiring less maintenance.

    Southern Valve Gear

    Southern valve gear was designed by engineers from the Southern Railway
    (thus the name). It was similar to Walschaerts except that it did away with
    the combination lever and union links connected to the crosshead. It had a
    curved expansion link (like on Walschaerts) except that it was mainly
    horizontal instead of vertical like on Walschaerts.

    Young Valve Gear

    Young valve gear was invented by an employee of the C&NW named O. W. Young.
    This valve gear was first applied to a steam locomotive on the Grand Trunk in 1915.
    Young valve gear eliminated the need for the eccentric crank. It took advantage of
    the quartering of the drivers by using the piston rod motion on one side of the
    locomotive to control the steam valves on the other side of the locomotive. As a
    result, it was said to have put less dynamic loads on the main driver. It was also
    purported to produce better valve timing events which resulted in more power

    Progress in our Project

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