BRAKING SYSTEM INTRODUCTION The core concept of a vehicle's braking system is simple. An object is in motion and it needs to stop being in motion. Brakes use friction to decelerate. The wheel has energy in the form of movement. The brakes apply friction and create heat energy. Once all the movement energy is transformed into heat, your car stops. It's not magic, it's physics. To stop, you need friction. This simple concept is what almost all vehicle share in their efforts to come to a stop. What isn't shared between vehicles is how that friction is applied after the pedal is pressed. The very first brakes were just pieces of wood that pushed on the wheels. It worked, but it wasn't that great because it beat the crap out of the wheel. The simple solution was to attach something to the wheel and slow that down. In 1900, Wilhelm Maybach became the first car maker to put a drum on a wheel to assist with braking. Slowing down ...
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