Development of Transit Coach Bonded Brake Lining Test Equipment and Test Prodcedures - Progress Report

摘要

This report documents the development and progress to date of brake test equipment and procedures for heavy-duty transit coach brakes at the Transportation Systems Center. It presents a description of a heavy-duty dynamometer brake test apparatus and specifies proposed test procedures for an evaluation of bonded brake shoe linings. Although many tests were completed, several of the planned dynamometer tests were discontinued as a result of programmatic changes.