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Effects of ice on composite friction brakes (IM-TRIB-022)

Last updated on 26 July 2013 1:56

An ORE report described the effect of snow and ice on the braking performance of various brakeblocks on railway vehicles. The results showed a considerable extension in stopping distance when high friction composition blocks were used. Subsequently, in Rail International, a simple theory was proposed to explain some of these...

Author(s): Tanvir M.A.;Broster M.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1976

United Kingdom

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