Contribution of Professor P.M. Belyanchikov to the tractor industry development in the USSR
https://doi.org/10.26897/2687-1149-2024-4-35-43
Abstract
Pavel Mikhailovich Belyanchikov was one of the most prominent scientists who actively participated in the development of the domestic tractor industry, but remained practically unknown to the modern generation. In order to assess the contribution of Professor Belyanchikov to the science of tractors and the development of the domestic tractor industry, the author analyzed the archival materials kept in the Museum of Agricultural Mechanics named after V.P. Goryachkin, as well as scientific and technical literature and periodicals. It should be noted that Pavel Belyanchikov was one of the first in our country to develop methods, programmes and write textbooks for teaching students the construction and operation of tractors. Using the results of tractor equipment tests, he prepared for publication analytical materials that initiated the birth of the domestic science of tractor designing. His scientific and technical materials were used by E.D. Lvov when he wrote the first book in our country on tractor theory “Tractors: Design and Calculation of Parameters”. In 1927, Pavel Belyanchikov headed the jury of the All-Russian Tractor Testing Committee, which selected the best tractor models suitable for mass production in the USSR. Pavel Belyanchikov’s scientific and pedagogical activity was interrupted by repressions in 1930. As time went by, his name was no longer mentioned in publications and he gradually fell into oblivion. Remembering and evaluating the scientific outcomes of P.M. Belyanchikov’s research activity, we should note their theoretical and practical value. He laid the foundation for the “Tractors and Automobiles” discipline, determined the development trends of the domestic tractor industry and offered new tractor designs.
About the Author
V. V. Sharov
Russian StateAgrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir V. Sharov, CSc (Eng)
49, Timiryazevskaya Str., Moscow, 127434
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Sharov V.V. Contribution of Professor P.M. Belyanchikov to the tractor industry development in the USSR. Agricultural Engineering (Moscow). 2024;26(4):35-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26897/2687-1149-2024-4-35-43
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