Braking of Road Vehicles

Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2 Friction pairs -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 History -- 2.1.2 Frictional contact and sliding friction -- 2.2 The friction pair -- 2.2.1 Rotor and stator -- 2.2.2 Functional requirements -- 2.3 Resin-bonded composite friction materials -- 2.3.1 Formulation and design -- 2.3.2 Manufacture -- 2.4 Thermophysical properties -- 2.5 Brake performance -- 2.5.1 Coefficient of friction -- 2.5.2 Bedding-in and Burnishing -- 2.6 Wear -- 2.7 New friction pairs: composition, manufacture, and properties -- 2.7.1 Overview -- 2.7.2 Sintered friction materials -- 2.7.3 Carbon-Carbon (C-C) brakes -- 2.7.4 Carbon-ceramic (C-SiC) friction pairs -- 2.7.5 Aluminium composite rotors -- 2.8 Chapter summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Braking system design for passenger cars and light vans -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Weight transfer during braking -- 3.2.1 Approach and conventions -- 3.2.2 Longitudinal weight transfer -- 3.2.3 Lateral weight transfer -- 3.3 Tyre/road adhesion -- 3.3.1 Road grip -- 3.3.2 Adhesion coefficient -- 3.4 Braking force and wheel slip -- 3.4.1 Wheel slip and braking force coefficient -- 3.4.2 Braking and lateral forces in tyres -- 3.5 Braking force distribution -- 3.5.1 Contribution of each brake to vehicle deceleration -- 3.5.2 Braking ratio -- 3.6 Wheel lock and vehicle stability during braking -- 3.7 Braking efficiency -- 3.8 Adhesion utilisation -- 3.9 Chapter summary -- References -- Chapter 4 Braking system design for vehicle and trailer combinations -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Car and light trailer -- 4.3 Car towing a trailer or caravan with overrun brakes -- 4.4 Rigid truck towing a centre-axle trailer -- 4.5 Rigid truck towing a full-trailer -- 4.6 Articulated commercial vehicles-tractors and semi-trailers.