Brake Introduction

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Brake Introduction

        A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch. Brake pedal slows a car to a stop. When you depress your brake pedal, your car transmits the force from your foot to its brakes through a fluid. Since the actual brakes require a much greater force than you could apply with your leg, your car must also multiply the force of your foot.

        The brakes transmit the force to the tires using friction, and the tires transmit that force to the road using friction also.


        Almost all wheeled vehicles have a brake of some sort. Even baggage carts and shopping carts may have them for use on a moving ramp. Most fixed-wing aircraft are fitted with wheel brakes on the undercarriage. Some aircraft also feature air brakes designed to reduce their speed in flight. Friction brakes on automobiles store braking heat in the drum brake or disc brake while braking then conduct it to the air gradually. When traveling downhill some vehicles can use their engines to brake.

Types of Brakes

        Brakes may be broadly described as using friction, pumping, or electromagnetics. One brake may use several principles: for example, a pump may pass fluid through an orifice to create friction:

1.     Frictional Brake

2.     Pumping Brake

3.     Electromagnetic Brake

4.     Hydraulic Brake

5.     Air Brake

6.     Anti-Braking System(ABS)

 

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