BRAKES

1. Calculate the braking torque if tension 5. A solid cast iron disk of mass 1000kg
in the two sides is 3500N and 1980N is rotating at 350rpm. Diameter of the
with radius of drum being 160mm. disk is 1m and time taken to come to
(2 1 )
stop the disk by brake is 1.6sec.
Solution: = Square of radius of gyration is 0.2.
1000
Calculate the torque capacity of the
(35001980)160
= brake.
1000

= 223.4 .
Solution: = ; =
2. A solid cast iron disk of mass 1000kg
1000(1)
is rotating at 350rpm. Diameter of the ( )(350)
= 1.62
disk is 1m and time taken to come to 29.3
stop the disk by brake is 1.6sec.
Calculate energy absorbed by the = 4583.6 N m
brake if square of radius of gyration is
6. A drum brake is shown in the figure.
0.2.
The drum is rotating in anticlockwise
2 2 direction. The coefficient of friction
Solution: = 2 between drum and shoe is 0.2. The
1000(0.2)2 (350)2 dimensions shown in the figure are in
= mm. The braking torque (in N.m) for
2
the brake shoe is
= 134.3

3. A solid cast iron disk of mass 1000kg

is rotating at 350rpm. Diameter of the
disk is 1m and time taken to come to
stop the disk by brake is 1.6sec.
Square of radius of gyration is 0.2.
Calculate the average angular velocity
during braking period.
[ ]
Solution: =
2

[350 313.36]
=
2

= 18.32

4. A solid cast iron disk of mass 1000kg

is rotating at 350rpm. Diameter of the
disk is 1m and time taken to come to
stop the disk by brake is 1.6sec.
Square of radius of gyration is 0.2.
Calculate the angle through which disk
rotated during braking period.
Solution: = ()
= 18.32(1.6)
= 29.3
7. A four-wheel vehicle of mass 1000 kg
moves uniformly in a straight line with
the wheels revolving at 10 rad/s. The
wheels are identical, each with a
radius of 0.2 m. Then a constant
braking torque is applied to all the
wheels and the vehicle experiences a
uniform deceleration. For the vehicle
to stop in 10 s, the braking torque (in
N.m) on each wheel is
Solution:
8. A band brake having band-width of
80mm, drum diameter of 250mm,
coefficient of friction of 0.25 and angle
of wrap of 270 degrees is required to
exert a friction torque of 1000N-m.
The maximum tension (in kN)
developed in the band is
Solution:
9. A block-brake shown below has a face
width of 300 mm and a mean co-
efficient of friction of 0.25. For an
activating force of 400 N, the braking
torque in Nm is
For lever moment about O, Mo = 0
(400 N) (400 + 200) mm = N 200 mm
N=400600200=1200N N=400600200=1200N
Tangential force, Ft = N = 0.25 1200 = 300 N
Braking torque = Tb = Ft r = 300 0.15 = 45 N.m
10. A force of 400 N is applied to the brake
drum of 0.5 m diameter in a band-brake
system as shown in the figure, where
the wrapping angle is 180o. If the
coefficient of friction between the drum
and the band is 0.25, the braking torque
applied, in N.m is