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The braking system must accomplish three different jobs: to completely stop the vehicle; this function entails braking moments on the wheel as high as possible; to allow speed control, when the natural deceleration of the vehicle, due to mechanical friction and motion resistances is not enough; this function entails braking moments on the wheels not very high, but applied for a long time; to keep the vehicle stopped also on a slope.
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Quite recently, also the possibility of operating brakes through a bistable separate hydraulic or electric actuator has been allowed. In this case the braking force must be maintained indefinitely with no energy.
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See the definition of apparent rotating mass on the second volume.
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Genta, G., Morello, L. (2020). Braking System. In: The Automotive Chassis. Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35635-4_5
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