application of brakes

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• Electronically controlled pneumatic brakes — are a type of modern railway brakes which offer improved performance compared to traditional pneumatic (compressed air) brakes. Overview Traditional systems apply the brakes sequentially from car to car along the train, meaning that up to 2… …   Wikipedia

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• Train Protection & Warning System — The Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system deployed across the entire UK passenger railway network, as well as in Victoria, Australia. [ [http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2… …   Wikipedia

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• pressure plate — A component of an aircraft disc brake system. It is a strong, heavy plate used in multiple disc brakes that receives the force from the brake cylinders and changes it into a squeezing action on the brake discs to produce friction. This results in …   Aviation dictionary

• jacknifing — A familiar cause of highway accidents, being a movement of a trailer contrary to the movement of the tractor, so that, joined together, they bend in the middle. 8 Am J2d Auto § 715. The movement known as jacknifing will result from the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary