Re: BART's new cars: Why hydraulic brakes instead of air brakes?
Author: An Observer
Date: 05-01-2016 - 09:15
Hydraulic braking because of line pressure could take advantage of requiring much smaller actuators
and since you're only dealing with about 1 1/2%/1000 psi fluid compression the ability to more
precisely modulate line and braking pressure could be a real advantage.