brake are types, working and applications

A car's brakes are a safety system designed to slow or stop the vehicle by converting kinetic energy into heat through friction, using hydraulic systems to apply pressure to brake pads against rotors or drums. Key components include the brake pedal, master cylinder, brake lines, calipers, brake pads, and rotors (for disc brakes) or drums (for drum brakes). The parking brake, or emergency brake, is a separate, mechanical system that uses cables to hold the vehicle stationary.
How Car Brakes Work
Brake Pedal: When you press the brake pedal, the force is amplified by a brake booster.
Master Cylinder: This amplified force pushes against the brake fluid in the master cylinder, creating hydraulic pressure.
Hydraulic Pressure: This pressure travels through brake lines to the wheel brakes.
Brake Activation:
Disc Brakes: The pressure forces pistons within a caliper to squeeze brake pads against a spinning rotor.
Drum Brakes: The pressure pushes brake shoes outward against the inner surface of a spinning drum.
Friction and Stopping: The friction between the pads and rotor (or shoes and drum) slows the spinning wheel, converting the vehicle's kinetic energy into heat.
This video demonstrates how to use the brake pedal and how to apply gentle pressure to brake smoothly:

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Types of Brakes
Disc Brakes: Common in modern cars, they use a caliper to press brake pads against a spinning metal rotor attached to the wheel.
Drum Brakes: Older vehicles often have drum brakes, which use brake shoes that are pushed outward to press against the inside of a drum.
Parking Brake (Emergency Brake): A mechanical system that doesn't rely on hydraulics. It uses cables to apply the brakes, usually on the rear wheels, to hold the vehicle in place or in an emergency.
Key Components
Brake Pedal: The driver's input to activate the system.
Brake Booster: Uses vacuum to amplify the force from your foot.
Master Cylinder: Converts mechanical force into hydraulic pressure.
Brake Lines: Tubes that carry the brake fluid to the wheels.
Brake Fluid: The hydraulic fluid that transmits pressure.
Calipers: Housings that hold the brake pads in disc brake systems.
Brake Pads (or Shoes): The friction material that is pressed against the rotating part.
Rotors (or Drums): The spinning components attached to the wheels that the pads/shoes press against.
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1. Brakes

2. Brakes – What do they do ?
Simple Answer : They slow you down
Complex Answer :
It is converted from kinetic energy to thermal energy

3. How It’s Work ?
Fact : 1
st
Law of Thermodynamics – Energy
cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be
converted from one form to another.
Speeding
Brake friction
between brake pad
& disc brake
Temperature
increase,
velocity
decrease.

4. Basic Automotive Braking
System

5. General Automotive Brake
Allocation
Front Disc
Brake
Rear Drum
Brake
Parking
Brake Lever
Brake Pedal
Vacuum
Booster
Master
Cylinder
Brake Caliper

6. How Brakes works

7. Types of Brakes
MECHANICAL BRAKES
•DRUM BRAKES
•DISC BRAKES
HYDRAULIC BRAKES
POWER BRAKES
•AIR BRAKES
•HYDRAULIC BRAKES
•VACCUM BRAKES
•ELECTRIC BRAKES

8. Mechanical Brake
Bicycle Wheel Brake
Drum Brake Disc Brake

9. Drum Brake

10. Drum Brake

11. ABS (Anti lock Braking System)

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