Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the third edition of the title ‘Brake Design and Safety.’ The third edition provides readers with the basic theoretical fundamentals and analytical tools necessary to design braking systems for passenger vehicles and trucks. The goal is to help designers develop brakes that comply with safety standards, minimise consumer complaints, and perform safely and efficiently before and while electronic brake controls become active.
Electronic system controls have significantly increased the potential of braking systems. Notwithstanding the advances made in applying brakes by mechanical, hydraulic, or electrical means, vehicles are slowed and stopped by friction between pad and rotor. Only when the underlying brake system is properly engineered will automatic controls perform effectively and vehicles brake safely under all foreseeable operating conditions.
Authored by Rudolf Limpert, ‘Brake Design and Safety, Third Edition,’ is written for students, engineers, forensic experts, and brake technicians, provides readers with theoretical knowledge of braking physics, and offers numerous illustrations and equations that make the information easy to understand and apply.
This edition includes expanded chapters on Thermal analysis of automotive brakes; Analysis of hydraulic brake systems; and Single vehicle braking dynamics.
