Forces on a Brake Block and Brake Chatter
- 1 June 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Vol. 170 (1) , 993-1008
- https://doi.org/10.1243/pime_proc_1956_170_086_02
Abstract
The paper commences with an examination of the forces on a brake block applied to the wheel of a railway vehicle. Servo action and certain implications concerning test figures of block friction and adhesion are discussed. The dynamic conditions of equilibrium are shown, if upset, to cause oscillation or ‘chatter’ of the brake gear; an explanation is given of this phenomenon and, with it, a cure.Keywords
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- On the Effect of Brakes upon Railway TrainsProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1878