The contribution of designer L.S. Lebedyanskyi to the development of the gas turbine locomotives
Journal: History of science and technology (Vol.7, No. 1)Publication Date: 2017-03-30
Authors : V. A. Yanin;
Page : 103-108
Keywords : L.S. Lebedyanskyi; locomotive; gas turbine locomotive; gas turbine engine; diesel locomotive; Kolomenskyi plant; engineer; designer;
Abstract
The following article describes work of the L.S. Lebedyanskyi in the projecting of the first gas turbine locomotives in the former Soviet Union. It reviews the main stages of building of the locomotives with the gas turbine engines and compares their technical characteristics with the ones of the diesel locomotives. In addition, the article reviews the relevance of the nowadays usage of the gas turbine locomotives and their advantages in comparison with modern diesel locomotives.
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