Definition of Air brake. Meaning of Air brake. Synonyms of Air brake

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Definition of Air brake

Air brake
Air brake Air" brake` (Mach.) A railway brake operated by condensed air. --Knight.

Meaning of Air brake from wikipedia

- railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system...
- In aeronautics, air brakes or speed brakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase the drag on the aircraft. When extended...
- Look up airbrake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Air brake may refer to: Air brake (aeronautics), a type of flight control system used on aircraft...
- An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is...
- The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was...
- undercarriage as an air brake. Friction brakes on automobiles store braking heat in the drum brake or disc brake while braking then conduct it to the air gradually...
- Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Wabtec, is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company...
- An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...
- A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer...
- current brake Electromagnetic brake Emergency brake (train) Gladhand connector Heberlein brake Railway air brake Railway disc brake Railway tread brake Regenerative...