Present-day automobile braking systems are considered and trend of brake design at present time indicated; cases of regenerative brakes; ideal area for shoe lining; scoring of drums; articulation of brake pull-rods; effect of front-wheel brakes on steering; ideal stopping distances; energy wasted in braking; fulcrum-pin loads; external-shoe brakes; steering stiffness when cornering. (See also Instn. Automobile Engrs. -- Proc. (Lond.) vol. 23, 1928-29 pp. 779-789, 12 figs)
Brakes
Automobile Engr
Automobile Engineer ; 19 , n 258
1929
4 pages
12 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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