<VV> <WW> steam brakes

[James Davis]

With an overall mechanical and hydraulic ratio of 8.276:1, on a 1965 
Corvair; 1000 psi line pressure would take 121 pounds of pedal pressure.  I 
doubt you foot is that big :-).
Jim Davis

At 07:52 PM 7/6/2005, Padgett wrote:

>>it would expand
>>forcefully and lock up the brake system (INCREASING rather than DECREASING
>>the volume occupied by fluids in the close brake system).
>
>Two things to keep in mind:
>1) the pressure when you apply the brakes easily exceeds 1,000 psi
>2) while  steam will try to expand when water boils, that is in constant 
>pressure. While water and brake fluid are both incompressible (why juice 
>brakes work), steam is a compressible gas like air.
>
>It might be forceful but is probably not forceful enough.
>
>Now that is purely a swag, anyone know ?
>
>Padgett
>
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