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A quantity to measure whether brakes should be repaired

Engineering Asked by user30884 on July 13, 2021

Suppose you can record some suitable parameters each time a driver uses the brakes of a vehicle (assume it’s a heavy truck if necessary). Is there a reasonable formula for a dimensionless quantity $Q$ such that, say if for example $Qin [5,10]$ in most tests, then the brakes seem to be working properly, but otherwise should be considered to be repaired?

Any help appreciated!

(I just found http://www.engineeringinspiration.co.uk/brakecalcs.html#bf2 and will have a look at it as well.)

One Answer

Indicators to warn that brakes need repair do exist.

They are on many cars, but not all and are called pad wear indicators.

These are small (usually copper or brass) metal studs held in an insulator that put a warning light on when they come into contact with the disc or rotor as the pads wears.

This usually happens when the pad has about 3 or 4mm left so there is sufficient time for the owner/driver to take it in.

Answered by Solar Mike on July 13, 2021

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