The figure below shows the essential parts of a hydraulic brake system. The area of the piston in the master cylinder is 1.8 cm? and that of the piston in the brake cylinder is 6.4 cm2. The coefficient of friction between shoe and wheel drum is 0.50. If the wheel has a radius of 28 cm, determine the frictional torque about the axle when a force of 42 N is exerted on the brake pedal. N.m Wheel From left to right, a hydraulic brake system consists of the following: a pedal, a master cylinder, a brake cylinder, a curved metal plate called a shoe, and a larger curved metal plate called a wheel drum. The pedal is connected to the piston on the left side of the master cylinder. The volumes of fluid within each cylinder are connected. The piston on the right side of the brake cylinder is connected to the shoe. The shoe and the wheel drum are in drum Pedal Shoe- Master Brake contact throughout their curvature. cylinder cylinder
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
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