Performance Standards and Specification for Automotive Brakes

Abstract

The report describes an effort to develop a laboratory test procedure for measuring the performance of a brake assembly and individual components on a brake dynamometer. The report presents a test procedure that measures brake retarding torque versus temperature, brake retarding torque versus speed, brake lining wear rate and moisture sensitivity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771127

Entities

People

  • Joseph J. Mikaila

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assembly
  • Bibliographies
  • Dynamometers
  • Friction
  • Instrumentation
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Recovery
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • Vehicle Brakes

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