Locomotive operation; a technical and practical analysis (1904)
Henderson, G. R. (George R.), b. 1861 · Chicago, Railway Age · leaf 336
I = x (i-|-I),so that X = , or f tan a = and i+I i+I Itan a = . f (i + D- BRAKING. 325 friction were proportionally great, the total brakin^; power ofthe car would not be altered. If the brakes are hung from the outside of the wheels, theresults are reversed, and hanger c diminishes the pressureon… … Fig. 84. or total braking pressures are not thereby changed) it will benecessary to study what happens when brakes are applied to amoving car or other vehicle. In Fig. 85, suppose a passengercar moving in the direction of the large arrow. When thebrakes are applied, the adhesion of the wheels upon…
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