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Railway Braking Systems. Braking Control

Author: Florent BRISOU

Publication date: August 10, 2015, Review date: February 2, 2022

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1. Golden rules of rail braking

As a prelude to any study of braking control technologies, it is important to remember the six golden rules that all railway braking systems must meet:

  • automaticity ;

  • continuity ;

  • inexhaustibility ;

  • moderability ;

  • tranquility ;

  • testability.

Definitions of each are given in the following paragraphs.

1.1 Automatic

Automaticity is certainly the most important design principle for a rail braking system. A rail convoy is made up of vehicles linked together by coupling devices (permanent rods, automatic couplers...

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