AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGY

As commercial vehicle weights and speeds increase so it is important that braking systems also develop in performance and incorporate additional fail-safe systems. The book is intended to explain the design and method of operation of commercial vehicle braking systems and their components. Sections of a number of acts, EEC regulations and codes of practice applying to braking systems are summarised. The subject is discussed in the following sections: (1) regulations that govern the design and use of air brakes on road vehicles, (2) the language of pneumatics, (3) an explanation of the relationship between pressure, area and force, (4) principles of a basic value, (5) dividing an air brake system into essential sections, (6) piping diagrams built up in stages, (7) safety checks, and, (8) testing, test equipment and maintenance. /TRRL/

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Homewood (MN)

  6 Eskdale Road
  Bexleyheath, Kent,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 151 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air brakes; Automobiles; Brakes; Braking; Commercial vehicles; Design; Development; Heavy vehicles; Maintenance; Regulations; Safety; Safety equipment; Specifications; Speed; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety features
• ITRD Terms: 1361: Brake; 9011: Design (overall design); 9013: Development; 1078: Lock (waterway); 177: Specifications
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178561
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0 950541 001
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1978 12:00AM