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Self Locking Brake Question
The rotating wheel with torque $M_0$ will impart a force equal to $\frac{M_0}{r}$, where r is the radius of the wheel.
Upon contact with the braking bar, the wheel will geneare a horizontal force ...
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Self Locking Brake Question
The moment imparts horizontal force F at the contact with the brake.
$$F=M/R=M/1=M$$
This force requires a friction horizontal force in the opposite direction to lock the wheel.
Let's call the angle ...
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Self Locking Brake Question
I don't understand at all how the length of d
correlates to anything, especially since a moment about A from P would not be affected by it at all.
I offer the modified image to prompt some further ...
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