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 Automobile Engr., vol. 19, no. 258, Sept. 1929, pp. 349-352, 12 figs)
Brakes
Instn Automobile Engrs -- Proc (Lond)
1929
11 pages
12 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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