Braking of Road Vehicles

Starting from the fundamentals of brakes and braking, Braking of Road Vehicles covers car and commercial vehicle applications and developments from both a theoretical and practical standpoint.

Drawing on insights from leading experts from across the automotive industry, experienced industry course leader Andrew Day has developed a new handbook for automotive engineers needing an introduction to or refresh on this complex and critical topic.

With coverage broad enough to appeal to general vehicle engineers and detailed enough to inform those with specialist brake interests, Braking of Road Vehicles is a reliable, no-nonsense guide for automotive professionals working within OEMs, suppliers and legislative organizations.

• In the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 238,700 mechanical engineers in US employment market, but does not break this number down into automotive engineers and other mechanical engineers.
• SAE International has a membership of 121,000 engineers and technical experts in aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. The majority of this membership is automotive and attendance at the yearly SAE World Congress is more than 10,000 over three days.
• According to the UK Department of Trade and Industry, 221,000 people in the UK are employed in the design and manufacture of vehicles and components.

Other sizable communities of automotive engineers internationally can be observed from the membership numbers of the following organizations:

• Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) http://www.jsae.or.jp/ – 42,800 members
• Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEINDIA) http://www.saeindia.org/ – 24,157 members
• Gesellschaft Fahrzeug-und Verkehrstechnik Germany (VDI / FVT) http://www.vdi.de/fvt – 14,960 members
• The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (KSAE) http://www.ksae.org/ – 2,850 members
• Associazione Tecnica Dell'Automobile Italy (ATA) http://www.ata.it/ – 2,394 members

• Designed to meet the needs of working automotive engineers who require a comprehensive introduction to road vehicle brakes and braking systems.
• Offers practical, no-nonsense coverage, beginning with the fundamentals and moving on to cover specific technologies, applications and legislative details.
• Provides all the necessary information for specialists and non-specialists to keep up to date with relevant changes and advances in the area.