Recent Studies of Tire Braking Performance

1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. McCarty ◽  
T. J. W. Leland

Abstract The results from recent studies of some factors affecting tire braking and cornering performance are presented together with a discussion of the possible application of these results to the design of aircraft braking systems. The first part of the paper is concerned with steady-state braking, that is, results from tests conducted at a constant slip ratio or steering angle or both. The second part deals with cyclic braking tests, both single cycle, where brakes are applied at a constant rate until wheel lockup is achieved, and rapid cycling of the brakes under control of a currently operational antiskid system.

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2903-2918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Horák ◽  
Zina Valášková ◽  
František Jiráček

Algorithms have been presented, analyzed and experimentally tested to stabilize the reaction temperature at constant inlet temperature and composition of the feed by controlled dispensing of the catalyst. The information for the control element is the course of the reaction temperature. If the temperature of the reaction mixture is below the set point, the catalyst is being fed into the reactor at a constant rate. If the reaction temperature is higher the catalyst dispenser is blocked; dispensing of the catalyst is not resumed until the set point temperature has been reached again. The amount of catalyst added is a function of the duration of the switching cycle. The effect has been discussed of the form of this function on the course of the switching cycle. The results have been tested experimentally on a laboratory reactor controlled in an unstable steady state.


Neurosurgery ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kosteljanetz

Abstract Two methods for the determination of resistance to the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid, the bolus injection technique and the constant rate steady state infusion technique, were compared. Thirty-two patients with a variety of intracranial diseases (usually communicating hydrocephalus) were studied. There was a high degree of correlation between the resistance values obtained with the two methods, but values based on the bolus injection technique were systematically and statistically significantly lower than those obtained with the constant rate infusion test. From a practical point of view. both methods were found to be applicable in a clinical setting.


1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. 1762-1767 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.L. Weaver ◽  
J.M. Tanzer ◽  
P.A. Kramer

We tested whether permucosal delivery of pilocarpine nitrate could be used to elicit significant salivary secretion. Pilocarpine (pKa 6.6 at 37°C) was applied as solutions (pHs 5.6, 6.6, 7.6; 15 mg/mL) to the buccal mucosa (2.8 cm2) of 6 anesthetized dogs. Saliva was collected continuously from cannulated submandibular and parotid ducts and blood sampled during and after drug administration. Plasma pilocarpine levels were determined by reversed-phase HPLC. Absorption rates were determined by use of data from separate zero-order intravenous infusions to the same dogs. Pilocarpine was buccally absorbed at a constant rate of 72.9 ± 38.5 μg/kg/h following its application at pH 7.6. At this pH of the drug solution, the time to appearance of pilocarpine in blood plasma was 0.31 ± 0.08 h, and the time to appearance of salivary flow was 0.86 ± 0.32 h. A threshold dose of 32.9 ± 7.5 ug/kg was required to induce secretion with the pH 7.6 drug, the steady-state plasma concentration was 28.9 ± 19.3 ng/mL, and the steady-state submandibular flow rate was 0.14 ± 0.11 mL/ min/gland pair. Salivary flow induction was symmetrical and reached levels as high as 0.35 mL/min/submandibular gland pair without apparent tachyphylaxis. Results at pHs 5.6, 6.6, and 7.6 were consistent with the hypothesis that pilocarpine is primarily absorbed as un-ionized drug. The data indicate that transmucosal delivery of pilocarpine, avoiding "first pass" hepatic loss, may hold promise for the treatment of xerostomia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
V.V. Verbitskiy ◽  
◽  
V.M. Pogosyan ◽  

The accident rate in road transport remains unacceptably high, and in order to reduce it, it is nec-essary to take into account all the factors affecting this process. In this regard, the process of long-term braking deserves special attention, which negative processes require the creation of additional braking systems (retarder brakes) for vehicles operating in mountainous areas, primarily in the field of passenger transportation. Transmission retarder brakes that provide sufficient braking performance have a number of dis-advantages that inhibit their use. Existing engine retarder brakes provide insufficient deceleration, and studies were carried out at the Kuban State Agrarian University (KubSAU) to improve their efficiency. After a theoretical analysis, the compressor brake mode was experimentally investigated. The in-creased pressure was created in the intake manifold and at the end of the compression stroke, air from the cylinder was released through a special valve back into the system, due to which the brak-ing effect was created. The carried out experiments confirmed the possibility of a significant increase in the engine braking torque in the compressor brake mode, when both valves are closed - the exhaust after the exhaust manifold and the intake in front of the carburetor, and compressed air is supplied to the in-take manifold at different pressures. Then the braking torque increases in comparison with engine braking by more than 3 times.


Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 313
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Jun Peng ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Kai Gao ◽  
Yingze Yang ◽  
...  

Active braking control systems are vital for the safety of high-speed trains by leading the train operation at its maximum adhesion state. The train adhesion is a nonlinear function of the slip ratio and varies with the uncertain wheel-rail contact conditions. A nonlinear active braking control with rapid and accurate tracking performance is highly required for train braking systems. This paper proposes a novel prescribed performance active braking control with reference adaptation to obtain the maximum adhesion force. The developed feedback linearization controller employs a prescribed performance function that specifies the convergence rate, steady-state error, and maximum overshoot to ensure the transient and steady-state control performance. Furthermore, in the designed control approach, a continuous-time unscented Kalman filter is introduced to estimate the uncertainty of wheel-rail adhesion. The estimation is utilized to represent uncertainty and compensate for the prescribed performance control law. Finally, based on the estimated wheel-rail adhesion, an on-line optimal slip ratio generation algorithm is proposed for the adaptation of the reference wheel slip. The stability of the system is provided, and experiment results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


2019 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 01024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng YU ◽  
Jun XIE

Eight degrees of freedom vehicle model was established. Using the method of fuzzy control, the ABS control algorithm was designed based on slip ratio. Simulation analysis was done at speed of 15m/s, 20m/s, 25m/s under turning braking. The results show that the vehicle braking performance and vehicle stability at middle or low speed was improved by using the ABS controller, but qualitative analysis shows that phenomenon of vehicle instability was appeared at high-speed conditions. The turning braking stability under ABS controller was judged quantificationally by the stability judging formula. The results show that the requirements of stability control could not meet with only Anti-lock Braking System.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 1793-1797 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.X. Xu ◽  
Z.F. Yue

Generally, ratcheting is studied on round specimens under tension–compression tests with a nonzero mean load. This work explored the possibility of studying ratcheting by indentation fatigue with a flat cylindrical indenter. In the experiment, emphasis was concentrated on the influence of maximum indentation load (Pmax.), indentation load variance (ΔP = Pmax − Pmin) and frequency of cycling (f) on the indentation depth–cycle curves. The experimental results showed that the indentation depth–cycle curves are analogous to the conventional strain–cycle curve of uniaxial fatigue testing, which has a primary stage of decaying indentation depth per cycle followed by a secondary stage of nearly constant rate of indentation depth per cycle. It was found that the steady-state indentation depth per cycle is an approximate linear function of maximum indentation load (Pmax) and indentation load variance (ΔP = Pmax − Pmin) in the log–log grid. This relationship can be given with a power-law expression as an analogous equation of steady-state ratcheting rate. Further study showed that the influence of frequency of cycling on the steady state indentation depth per cycle can be ignored when the frequency of cycling exceeds a certain value. Finally, comparison was made between the conventional uniaxial fatigue test and indentation fatigue test for the steady-state stage. It was shown that the conventional uniaxial fatigue parameters can be obtained by the indentation fatigue method.


1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. van Doren ◽  
R. A. Guereca ◽  
H. P. Richardson ◽  
D. Cummins

Equations are developed which satisfactorily describe the change in the pressure differential with time for a closed, constant-volume system which utilizes a coiled-capillary tube and a constant-rate pump to determine gas viscosities. Viscosities are computed at transient, unsteady, and apparent-steady-state conditions. As long as the flow rates are not too high and the pressure level is not too low, the computed viscosities appear to be reliable.


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