• The counter-pressure brake (German: Gegendruckbremse), also named the Riggenbach counter-pressure brake after its inventor, Niklaus Riggenbach, is a dynamic...
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    brake Regenerative brake Riggenbach counter-pressure brake Track brake Vacuum brake Yaw brake The Rane Group of Companies (Rane Brake Lining Limited),Chennai...
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    indicator Braking distance Breeching (tack) Bundy tube Caster brake Counter-pressure brake Disc brake Drum brake Dynamic braking Electromagnetic brake Regenerative...
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    the steam engine cylinders for braking) Countersteam brake Counter-pressure brake Megli, Thomas. "Increased engine braking with adjustable intake valve...
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    little heat) during braking, so the radiator is not overloaded. Counter-pressure brake Retarder (mechanical engineering) Eddy current brake Professor Satoru...
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    possible rear lift-off are detected, the system releases brake pressure on the front wheel to counter this behavior. Another difference is that in the case...
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    gases to counter recoil and unwanted muzzle rise. Barrels with an integral muzzle brake are often said to be ported. The concept of a muzzle brake was first...
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    series in 1926, they were additionally fitted with a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake, and seven axles sanded to increase adhesion. To begin with the...
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  • Hydraulic brake Dynamic braking Regenerative brake Electromagnetic brake Emergency brake (train) Parking brake Counter-pressure brake Drum brake Disc brake Archaic...
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  • meteorologist Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), Swiss inventor Riggenbach counter-pressure brake Riggenbach rack system Holly Black née Riggenbach (born 1971), American...
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    new one was made. Other technical improvements were a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake and a Giesl ejector. The locomotive was streamlined at the front...
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  • brake mean effective pressure (BMEP). Let: P {\displaystyle P} = power output in watt; p me {\displaystyle p_{\text{me}}} = mean effective pressure in...
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    politician and inventor of the rack railway system as well as the counter-pressure brake. Riggenbach was primarily known for introducing his railway system...
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    bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...
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    a disc brake has no self-servo effect, and its braking force is always proportional to the pressure placed on the brake pad by the braking system via...
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    of up to 70‰ (7%) without needing a rack, and their Riggenbach counter-pressure brake ensured that they could slow down with heavy loads while going downhill...
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  • stayed until the Peter Drummond days were the louvered chimneys and counter-pressure brake. The chimney was really a pair of concentric ones. It is usually...
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    counter-pressure brakes. The vehicles were coupled to Saxon sä 2'2' T 31 tenders. During 1963–1965 the locomotives fitted with a Riggenbach counter-pressure...
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  • Riggenbach (1817–1899), Switzerland – Riggenbach rack railway system, Counter-pressure brake Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011), U.S. – C (programming language) Gilles...
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    with a flashing red taillight; "average intelligence" units with a brake pipe pressure gauge; and "smart" units, which send back data to the crew in the...
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  • Brake fade (or vehicle braking system fade) is the reduction in stopping power that can occur after repeated or sustained application of the brakes of...
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    Halle as a braking locomotive and not retired until 1962. In 1975, the repair shop at Brunswick fitted a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake to 44 404....
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    the Deutsche Reichsbahn (see below), they received a counter-pressure brake for use as a brake locomotive (based on the Düring design), smoke deflectors...
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    A tachometer (revolution-counter, tach, rev-counter, RPM gauge) is an instrument measuring the rotation speed of a shaft or disk, as in a motor or other...
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  • transmission speed sensor Brake fluid pressure sensor Camshaft position sensor (CMP) Cylinder Head Temperature gauge Engine crankcase pressure sensor Exhaust gas...
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    (Mittelgebirge); as a result the first 10 units were given a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake. Twenty locomotives were destroyed during the Second World War;...
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  • Museumseisenbahn DKRM, Darmstadt-Kranichstein Coal-fired, Riggenbach counter-pressure brake Museum locomotive 44 434 044 434-9 1941 Henschel 26043 Bernd Falz...
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  • Vacuum-assist brake servos (power brakes) use atmospheric pressure pressing against the engine manifold vacuum to increase pressure on the brakes. Since braking is...
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  • relationship. Elizabeth Brake coined the neologism to capture societal assumptions about romance. Brake wanted to describe the pressure she received by many...
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