APT-P trailer axle auxiliary disc brake control (TM-PBS-017)

Last updated on 07 June 2013 2:40
The hydro-kinetic (HK) brake employed on APT-P, whilst capable of absorbing high levels of energy, produces a torque which reduces with speed below the saturation point of the brake. This characteristic is well known and documented elsewhere. The reduction in brake torque at low speed has to be compensated by...
Author(s): Pennington K.W.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1982
United Kingdom
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