A particular example of very low adhesion and wheelslide behaviour of the hydrokinetic brake (IM-PS-156)

The information contained in this memorandum is available as a consequence of the hydrokinetic brake commissioning programme, carried out on the APT test site, (between Melton Mowbray and Edwalton). An accurate method of measuring braking torque was used which employed strain gauge bridges on the torque reaction tubes of...