2. Braking performance
2.1 Characterization of braking performance: general method
In most cases, the braking performance of a vehicle or convoy is characterized by three parameters:
braking system reaction time ;
braking performance itself: stopping distance or deceleration;
jerk, characterizing comfort.
2.1.1 Brake system reaction time
Like any physical system, the braking system does...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Railway applications – Braking – Generic vocabulary - EN14478 -
- Railway applications – Methods for calculating stopping, deceleration and immobilization distances – Part 1: General algorithms using averaging for trains and single vehicles - EN14531-1 -
- Railway applications – Methods for calculating stopping, deceleration and immobilization distances – Part 2: Step-by-step calculations for trains and single...
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