Working of Power Brake Vacuum Booster Simplified

Figure-1: Brake Vacuum Booster,  Pedal at Normal Condition

What does a brake booster do?         When you press the brake pedal of your car, as you press it more, you apply more pressure through your leg, and more amount of braking applied to your car.     Brake vacuum servo booster helps increasing the braking of the car without increasing the pedal effort. …

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Vehicle Stopping Distance Calculation Equations and Example

Braking distance calculation

Imagine you are driving, you suddenly see a obstacle in the middle of the road. Now, before you actually press the brake pedal, you, as a human being, will take some time for thinking or analyzing the situation. This time is called thinking time and the distance covered during this time is called thinking distance. …

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Tractive Force Calculation for a Vehicle

Tractive Force of Vehicle

  Tractive force or tractive effort or traction is the force applied between the tire and road surface to move a car or any vehicle for that matter. The maximum permissible traction force that can be applied to the wheels is governed by two things: the weight of the vehicle and the adhesion coefficient between the …

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Tire Rolling Circumference Calculation Example

Tire Specification Code Reading

Wheel rolling radius or static loaded radius is taken as input for tire rolling circumference calculation. The rolling circumference (RC), in turns, is further considered as input in various vehicle dynamics calculation like traction force calculation and grade ability calculation. The formula used here is quite simple, RC = 2 x ∏ x SLR……………….eq.1 Where, SLR …

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10 Different Types of Sheet Metal Forming Process and their Applications

Sheet Metal Forming

Forming is the most widely used sheet metal operation used for manufacturing various sheet metal components across the industry.     Image courtesy: Wiki   Based upon the manufactured components and the manufacturing process, various kinds of forming are developed.         Different types of sheet metal forming processes and their applications and …

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