THE USE OF THE COMPUTER IN DETERMINING BRAKE BALANCE

In order to predict vehicle brake performance, calculations are made to determine the size of brakes, wheel cylinders, proportioning valves, and metering valves to give the desired results. To achieve this, basic data are required of brake torque output versus brake force input. This report deals with gathering of test data, brake balance calculations, and presentation in a graphical form by means of the IBM 1130 computer and graphing system. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Douglas, J W
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking performance; Computers; Performance; Test procedures; Torque
• Uncontrolled Terms: Balancing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099169
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #741085
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM