Long-Shoe Drum Brake

 
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WM2D File

Software copyright © 2004 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Info

When actuated by the brake pedal, the shoes (in orange) will expand to slow down and stop the rotation of the drum.

Source

This Working Model file is adapted from Figure P2.4g on p.78 in Design of Machinery, 3rd ed. by Norton, R.L., McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Credits

This Working Model file was first developed by Jie (Jeff) Yang.