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Preprint paper on the economics of streamlining in heavy transportation presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161\1\ scan0016 | |
| Date | 31th May 1936 | |
| FILE UNDER "STREAMLINING" X1380 9 PREPRINT.--Paper to be presented at the Summer Meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., May 31 to June 5, 1936. All papers and discussions presented at meetings of the Society are the exclusive property of the Society, from which permission to publish this discussion, in full or in part, after its presentation and with credit to the author, and the Society, can be obtained upon request. The Society is not responsible for statements or opinions advanced in papers or discussions at its meetings. ECONOMICS OF STREAMLINING IN HEAVY TRANSPORTATION By Lowell H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} Brown Jaroy Streamline Corp. of America Determining air resistance costs may be accomplished with reasonable ease, economy and accuracy if certain procedure is followed. Air resistance costs are not involved with any other items, such as rolling resistance, overall efficiency, etc., and may be considered as an independent, supplementary cost item. Air resistance costs in the railroad field are relatively higher than in the highway field, due to the higher average operating speeds on the rails. In the highway field air resistance costs with busses are relatively higher than with trucks, due to the higher speed of the bus. In each case, efficient streamlining need not demand sacrifices in other directions, such as load carrying capacity, etc. Efficient streamlining would save approximately $500 per annum in the case of the average 30 passenger interurban bus and approximately $250 per annum in the case of the long distance hauling truck. In highway truck and bus service there is as yet, so far as the writer is aware, no efficiently streamlined equipment in operation. It is impossible, therefore, to cite any instances where substantial benefit from streamlining has been derived. In railroad service there is available the experience of the Zephyr train operating on the Burlington between Omaha and Kansas City. In this case one Diesel-electric streamlined, light weight, high speed train replaced two steam locomotive-driven trains. | ||