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Feasibility study of water cooled disc brakes for APT (IM-BA-007)

Last updated on 09 December 2013 3:09

In Technical note DYN63A a proposal was made for cooling disc brakes with water circulating through passages in the back of the brake pads. An approximate solution for the temperature rise of such brakes was obtained for a single brake application. The analysis showed that this method of cooling would...

Author(s): Tanvir M A

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1969

United Kingdom

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