P•MY SIMULATOR LABSPOLAND HERITAGE SERIES / 007
INTERACTIVE MECHANISMWEBGL2 · OFFLINE
ENGINEERING HERITAGE / WARMIA–MASURIA, POLAND

POCHYLNIA / B–07

Buczyniec · Water-Powered Inclined Plane Laboratory

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SIMULATION ACTIVE MODEL
LIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL
BUCZYNIEC / 1860s-INSPIRED
THE ELEVATION TRANSFERCounter-balanced carriage pair
VESSEL A / LOADED VESSEL B / TARE
+ WATER WHEEL
+ CRADLE A
+ DRIVE DRUM
NORBIT / DRAG TO ROTATE
SCHEMATIC GEOMETRY · NOT TO SCALE
CARRIAGE SPEED 01
0.00m/s
0.00 km/h
ELEVATION GAIN 02
4.40m
of 22 m modeled rise
WATER POWER 03
9.23kW
nominal available drive power
WATER CONSUMED 04
0.0m³
cumulative model volume
PERFORMANCE MONITOR

Speed response / m·s⁻¹

LIVE TELEMETRY
EARLIERMODEL TIME →NOW
ENGINEERING INSIGHT

Water, gravity, and steel.

Two carriages travel in opposite directions on a coupled cable system. Flowing water supplies the power needed to overcome load imbalance, rolling resistance, and the applied brake.

Pavailable ≈ ρgQHη
REDUCED-ORDER TEACHING MODEL
USER GUIDE

Navigate the incline

This is a browser-based engineering exhibit inspired by the historic Buczyniec inclined plane in Poland. It is not a surveyed reconstruction.

Camera

Drag the 3D view to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom, double-click to reset. Use the home and overhead view buttons. The scene also supports arrow-key navigation when focused.

Experiment

Select a profile, adjust water flow, vessel payload, brake force, and simulation speed. Start to watch coupled carriages move. Reverse at rest or reset the experiment.

Physics: the torque/wheel animation follows modeled carriage displacement; all readouts derive from the same deterministic physical state. Terminal safety speed is capped in the teaching model.
TECHNICAL MODEL

How the model works

Mechanical power from water is approximated as ρgQHη. In the simplified model this becomes a constant commanded haul force at a nominal speed. Gravity acts on the difference in carriage masses; rolling friction, the adjustable brake, and viscous loss oppose travel.

Track length 220 m, rise 22 m, paired 9-tonne tare masses, water head 1.8 m, overall efficiency 55%. These are teaching-model parameters, not measured specifications of Buczyniec. The displayed 3D layout exaggerates terrain geometry and depicts two idealized carriages, one with a vessel and one counterbalancing tare.

At very low driving force the carriage stalls. Dynamic motion uses bounded semi-implicit Euler steps; collisions with track endpoints stop the drive. See docs/TECHNICAL_NOTES.md for equations, tested scenarios and limitations.
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