Abstract: Hydraulic brake dynamometers have a long history, but the principle has rarely been applied to traction except as a by-product of hydraulic power transmission. The brake developed for BR's Advanced Passenger Train uses cast aluminium vanes inside a thin-walled tubular axle of large diameter to convert kinetic energy into heat by churning water, which is then cooled in external radiators after the stop has been completed.
Publication Year: 1973
Publication Date: 1973-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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