Week 08 of 52
Air brakes 1: how compressed air stops 80,000 lb, the physics
The seven videos
- MondayLesson 1 of 5
Air brakes 1: the physics, why compressed air, not hydraulic fluid, stops an 80,000-lb truck
Covers the required minimum, then goes past it.
- TuesdayLesson 2 of 5
Air brakes 1: the physics, pressure becomes force at the brake chamber
Covers the required minimum, then goes past it.
- WednesdayLesson 3 of 5
Air brakes 1: the physics, the slack adjuster and the S-cam turn a push into a twist
Covers the required minimum, then goes past it.
- ThursdayLesson 4 of 5
Air brakes 1: the physics, from shoe to drum to a stopped truck, and why torque isn't constant
Covers the required minimum, then goes past it.
- FridayLesson 5 of 5
Air brakes 1: the physics, the whole chain, and why more pressure isn't always more brake
Covers the required minimum, then goes past it.
- SaturdayTips from the seat
Red and blue is not the law. It is a standard nobody made you follow
- SundayCase law and war stories
Case law / war stories: the truck that was already losing before the grade started