| 单词 |
vacuum brake |
| 释义 |
vacuum brake
vacuum brake n (Railways) a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system vacuum brake
vacuum brake[′vak·yəm ‚brāk] (mechanical engineering) A form of air brake which operates by maintaining low pressure in the actuating cylinder; braking action is produced by opening one side of the cylinder to the atmosphere so that atmospheric pressure, aided in some designs by gravity, applies the brake. |
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