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Definition of Disk brake

1. Noun. Hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to both sides of a spinning disk by the brake pads.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disk Brake

Literary usage of Disk brake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"The multiple-disk brake employed on the Metz car is shown at Fig. C14. In this a scries of disks is attached to and revolves with the wheel hub, ..."

2. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"Disk Clutch and disk brake. A most unusual combination of clutch and brake is to be found in the English Lanchester cars. In this, as shown in Fig. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The combined motor and disk brake used in this installation is shown in Fig. 8. The motor is rated at 150 hp, ..."

4. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1902)
"... see Edison's 1880 locomotive with a passenger car, and underneath the latter a disk-brake on the axle, revolving between the poles of an electromagnet. ..."

5. Transactions by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"Mention has been made of the disk brake on the steering gear motor, shown in Fig. ... The disk brake, which is a little slower in action, finishes the work, ..."

6. Transactions by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"The combined motor and disk brake used in this installation is shown in Fig. 8. The motor is rated at 150 hp, 250 rev. per min. at 120 volts. ..."

7. Dynamic Materials Models in Computer Programs: Workshop Proceedings edited by Lennart Agardh (1998)
"The high specific modulus and strength of these materials make them suitable for disk brake rotors, connecting rods, cylinder liners, and other high ..."

8. Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1913)
"For more than one block, as in the Weston multiple disk brake, multiply by the number of friction surfaces in contact. Values of / have been given in the ..."

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