The braking function fulfills three tasks: it serves to reduce the speed of the vehicle (i.e. decelerates it more rapidly than the effect of ubiquitous friction alone), it helps to control the vehicle’s speed when traveling downhill, and it immobilizes the vehicle when it is stopped or parked.
Brake System
Commercial vehicle technol.
2021-03-11
20 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English