1) Aircraft control 2) Vehicle braking technology
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[aeronautics] In aeronautics, air brakes or speedbrakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase drag or increase the angle of approach during landing. The earliest known air brake was developed in 1931 and deployed on the wing support struts. Not long after, air brakes located on the bottom of the wing`s trailin...
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[road vehicle] Air brakes 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 used to apply the pressure to the brake pad needed to stop the vehicle. Air brakes are used in large heavy vehicles, particularly those having multiple trailers which must be linke...
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• A railway brake operated by condensed air.
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either of two kinds of braking systems. The first, used by railroad trains, trucks, and buses, operates by a piston driven by compressed air from ... [3 related articles]
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Air' brake` (Machinery) A railway brake operated by condensed air.
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An air-brake is a mechanical brake applied by means of the pressure of compressed air; the term is also used for extendible flaps that provide a braking effect on aeroplanes. Compressed-air brakes are common on lorries and on some railway rolling stock. An engine-driven compressor charges an air tank to provide a reservoir of high-pressure air that...
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Railroad brakes which operate using compressed air.
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A device, usually in the form of a flap, designed to increase the drag of an aeroplane at will. Used to steepen the glide, shorten the approach and reduce the landing run.
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a brake or system of brakes operated by compressed air. · a device for reducing the air speed of an aircraft by increasing its drag. · a device for stopping the sails of a windmill by disrupting the flow of air around them.
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