The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by the need for low maintenance cost, resistance to harsh weather conditions and environmentally friendly features, ...

With a mileage of 69 billion kilometres, heavy commercial vehicles emit 2253 tonnes of brake dust with an emission factor of 32.7 mg/km. This corresponds to the total mass of 55 lorries with a total ...

Eddy current braking systems utilise the generation of induced currents within a conductor, created by changes in magnetic fields, to provide smooth and contactless deceleration in various transport ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 114, SECTION 6: JOURNAL OF PASSENGER CAR: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS JOURNAL (2005), pp. 3004-3018 (15 pages) Conventional friction brakes suffer severe limitations, including ...

According to Wikipedia, "Eddy currents can generate a lot of heat, and also can create a strong repulsive force between the conductor and the field source which can be used for levitation or creating ...

Beijing: China has mastered braking technology to stop the world’s fastest trains that travel a maximum speed of 500 kilometres per hour, a railway scientist said. The eddy-current braking testing ...

BEIJING -- China has mastered braking technology to stop the world's fastest trains that travel a maximum speed of 500 kilometers per hour, a railway scientist said on Thursday. The eddy-current ...

The motion of a solid metal plate moving in and out between the poles of a strong magnet is damped out by eddy currents. When the slotted edge of the plate is used, the braking effect of induced eddy ...