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Brake Design and Safety, Second Edition

Edition: 2
This book was written to help engineers to design safer brakes that can be operated and maintained easily. All the necessary analytical tools to study and determine the involvement of brakes in accident causation are included as well as all essential concepts, guidelines, and design checks.


Published By: SAE International
Pages: 538
10 Chapters
Binding: Softbound
Product Code: R-198
Product Status: Available
Rudolf Limpert

Dr. Rudolf Limpert is a consulting engineer on motor vehicles and traffic safety, specializing in accident reconstruction, product liability, and vehicle safety seminars. He has been an automobile mechanic and a brake design engineer. He has also served as safety standards engineer for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, where he directed a multidisciplinary accident investigation team for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The author of four other books related to automotive safety, Dr. Limpert received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, his M.S. and B .E.S. from Brigham Young University, and his B.S. from the Engineering School of Wolfenbuettel.

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Brake Design and Safety, Second Edition

ISBN: 978-1-56091-915-5
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Brake Design and Safety, Second Edition

pdf ISBN: 978-0-7680-2710-5
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Front Matter
Back Matter
Chapters
1.
Elements of Braking Performance, Design, and Safety
2.
Design and Analysis of Friction Brakes
3.
Thermal Analysis of Friction Brakes
4.
Analysis of Mechanical Brake Systems
5.
Analysis of Hydraulic Brake Systems
6.
Analysis of Air Brake Systems
7.
Single Vehicle Braking Dynamics
8.
Braking Dynamics of Combination Vehicles
9.
Anti-Lock Brake Systems (ABS)
10.
Analysis of Brake Failure
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