safety, the ability to brake all wheels is required. The regenerative braking effect available is limited, and mechanical braking is still necessary for...

heat in brake grid resistors, and "regenerative" if the power is returned to the supply line. Dynamic braking reduces wear on friction-based braking components...

undercarriage as an air brake. Friction brakes on automobiles store braking heat in the drum brake or disc brake while braking then conduct it to the air...

the vehicle accelerate. Regenerative braking and eddy current braking are separate types of electric braking. Regenerative braking might not be classified...

current brakes. Dynamic braking - either rheostatic (dissipating the train's energy as heat in resistor banks within the train, or regenerative where the...

flywheel to store regenerative braking energy, which can improve efficiency by recovering energy otherwise lost as heat through the braking system. Because...

car is coasting, braking, or stopped, and then restarted once power is required again. Mild hybrids may employ regenerative braking and some level of...

electric motor. The IMA uses regenerative braking to capture some of the energy that would otherwise be lost as heat during braking and reuse that energy later...

Czech Republic for safety testing to obtain certification for a regenerative braking system which had been trialled for many months on the Class 357 fleet...

additional external braking mechanisms such as friction brakes or magnetic brakes. The term is often confused with several other types of braking, most notably...