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FDP – VCU Data Acquisition Device [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
There is a need to monitor critical information during brake testing to obtain feedback and, ultimately, more insight on the brake performance of a vehicle.
Agyei-Yeboah, Ferdinand   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Topology Analysis of Bicycle Rim Brake Pad to Improve Braking Performance

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Various parameters of rubber brake pad tribology will affect the braking performance of a rim brake system of a bicycle. Out of those, three main parameters are contact length of brake pad, surface topology of friction surface, and the thickness of rim ...
Keong Le-Onn, Teoh Choe-Yung
doaj   +1 more source

A Hybrid EV Charging Architecture Integrating DC Fast Charging and Wireless Power Transfer

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
A hybrid EV charging architecture combining DC fast charging and wireless power transfer is proposed. The system achieves high efficiency, grid compliance, and reliable bidirectional operation, offering a scalable solution that enhances user convenience while paving the way for smarter, future‐ready EV charging infrastructure.
Ali Almaktoof   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time/frequency analysis of contact-friction instabilities. Application to automotive brake squeal. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Robust design of silent brakes is a current industrial challenge. Braking systems enter in the more general context of unstable systems featuring contact friction interaction.
BALMES, Etienne   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Investigation of Physical, Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Blast Furnace Dust Reinforced Bronze Matrix Composite Brake Pads

open access: yesGazi Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi
This research aims to investigate the usability of Blast Furnace Dust (BFD), an industrial waste material, as a reinforcing element in metal matrix composite brake pads and the effects of BFD reinforcement on the brake pad's tribological, physical, and ...
Hüsamettin Kuş   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

I Can't Split Myself in Two (or Five): Job Crafting in Highly Demanding and Interdependent Work Environments

open access: yesJournal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employees in highly demanding, interdependent work environments face a dilemma: while avoidance‐focused job crafting can preserve their own well‐being, these self‐initiated changes to their jobs could negatively affect coworkers. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 81 employees concurrently working for multiple agile teams in a European ...
Helene Tenzer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

INVESTIGATION OF THE GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE BRAKE PADS OF FREIGHT CARS UNDER HAZARDOUS WEAR

open access: yesNauka ta progres transportu, 2020
Purpose. This study aims to determine the geometric parameters of the brake pads of freight cars under hazardous wear. Methodology. A set of operational and theoretical studies concerning the occurrence of hazardous wear, which changes the geometric ...
V. G. Ravlyuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics, properties and limitations of per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and fluoropolymers

open access: yesPolymer International, EarlyView.
An overview and categorization of man‐made per‐ or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) including low‐molar‐mass and high‐molar‐mass fluorochemicals, and their international regulations is presented. Though certain PFASs are toxic, bioaccumulative and cross the human cellular membranes, others, such as fluoropolymers, are safe, reliable and involved in ...
Bruno Améduri
wiley   +1 more source

Benchmarking Signorini and exponential contact laws for an industrial train brake squeal application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Contact representation of structure interactions for finite element models is nowadays of great interest in the industry. Two contact modellig strategies exist in the literature, either based on a perfect contact with no interpenetration of structures at
BALMES, Etienne   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Effect of waste plaster of Paris on physical and mechanical properties of ceramic pottery body [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Over the years, millions tonnes of waste plaster of Paris (POP) were generated and disposed in landfills or most of the time was dumped directly into the environment without any treatments, makes it as one of the environmental issues.
Mat Nawi, Abdullah
core   +1 more source

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