Study of operating units has shown three highly important considerations; braking system which is adequate in design and capacity for rated load of each individual vehicle unit; proper adjustment and maintenance of brakes of entire train so that each bears its proper share of braking load; and operation control so that concentration of brake load is not too heavy upon any individual drum or axle.
Brake equalization between truck-tractors and trailers
Soc Automotive Engrs -- Preprint
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Meeting ; 1941 Braking
1941
8 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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