HYDROKINETIC BRAKES TO STOP THE APT

Hydraulic brake dynamometers have a long history, but the principle has rarely been applied to traction except as a by-product of hydraulic power transmission. The brake developed for BR's Advanced Passenger Train uses cast aluminium vanes inside a thin-walled tubular axle of large diameter to convert kinetic energy into heat by churning water, which is then cooled in external radiators after the stop has been completed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Shore, AGL
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; High speed rail; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced passenger trains; Braking systems; Hydrokinetic brakes
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047480
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1981 12:00AM