Design, Calculation and Application Example of 8x8 Heavy-Duty Brake System

Heavy-Duty vehicles are used in many fields for many purposes recently. In this study, calculation and application example is presented consist of capacity determination of air brake system of the special purpose heavy-duty vehicle to reach performance requirements in related standard procedures and layout of components into the vehicle body. The vehicle that has 4 axles is considered as if it has 2 axle for simplification of the brake system calculations and brake system components are determined according to maximum braking acceleration demand. As a consequence of the calculations, disc brake with two calipers in two front axles and disc brake with one caliper two rear axles are used in the vehicle