Friction mechanism in industrial brakes

Mechanical brakes are acting not stochastically but surprisingly determined as the presented results measured on industrial brake systems will show. They help understanding these complex friction systems. An important mechanism is thereby the periodically change of the local friction intensity during the continuous friction process. Another essential influence on the friction properties are the metal particles that originate from the drum or disk and diffuse into the organically bound friction layer. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.