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    This document discusses brake design and safety and contains 8 questions related to brake systems. It covers topics like optimum braking forces, analyzing braking forces diagrams, factors that cause loss of stability, parameters that affect brake temperature, sizing the master cylinder, and using vehicle data and software to design a braking system.

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    Brake Design & Safety --- Workshop # 1/2011

    Rudy Limpert, Ph.D.

    1. The optimum braking forces of a vehicle for straight-line level braking are a
    function of which of the following parameters:

    a. Vehicle weight
    b. Wheel base
    c. Front disc brake factor
    d. Center-of-gravity height
    e. Tire radius
    f. Static rear axle load

    2. For the braking forces diagram provided (see figure 1 below), read off the
    following data:

    a. Critical deceleration
    b. Installed brake force distribution.
    c. For a tire-road friction coefficient of 0.4, at what deceleration does the
    front brake lock up.
    d. For a tire-road friction coefficient of 0.7, what deceleration can the
    parking brake (rear axle) achieve?
    e. What would the brake force distribution be for a critical deceleration of
    0.3g?

    3. Loss of directional stability due to pre-mature rear brake lockup is caused by


    which of the following factors?

    a. Front brakes produce greater braking forces which cause the rear of the car
    to spin around.
    b. Rear tires when locked have no side force, and hence, can not keep the car
    from spinning.
    c. The front tires when rolling while braking produce a side force which
    causes the car to rotate.
    d. The center-of-gravity is closer to the front axle than the rear.

    4. Consider a single maximum effectiveness ABS stop on a dry road. For a rear
    drum brake, which of the following parameters has the most effect in reducing
    swept surface temperature?

    a. Density of drum material


    b. Convective heat transfer coefficient
    c. Width of drum swept surface
    d. Drum/lining friction coefficient
    5. During continued slow speed down hill braking, which of the following parameters
    affect brake drum temperature the most?
    a. Convective heat transfer coefficient
    b. Drum cooling area
    c. Braking time
    d. Drum material

    6. When designing a hydraulic braking system, the size of the master cylinder cross-
    sectional area is primarily a function of which of the following?

    a. Single circuit failure


    b. Disc versus drum design
    c. Booster failure
    d. Pedal travel available
    e. Ratio of tire radius versus effective rotor radius

    7. Consider the following vehicle data: Weight 3000 lb (13,350 N), static rear axle
    load 1800 lb (8,010 N), wheelbase 100 in (245 cm), center-of-gravity height 23 in.
    (58.4 cm), and dual hydraulic split front-to-rear.

    a. Compute the optimum braking forces for a deceleration of 0.7g.


    b. For a critical deceleration of 0.9g, determine the fixed brake force
    distribution.
    c. Calculate the braking efficiency for a tire road friction coefficient of 0.6.
    d. Calculate the maximum wheels-unlocked deceleration for a road friction
    coefficient of 0.6.
    e. Calculate the maximum deceleration with the rear brakes locked due to
    parking brake application.
    f. You are asked to design a proportioning valve (or brake line pressure
    reducing valve) for this vehicle. What base line brake force distribution
    should you use?
    g. The actually produced normalized rear brake force must always below
    what value?

    8. Using the data of #7, use MARC 1 Module V to design a braking system. Choose
    reasonable brake system data to accomplish a critical deceleration of 0.9g and a
    pedal force of less than 100 lb for a deceleration of 1g.
    Figure 1 (use this data to answer question #2 above)

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