Determination of braking diagrams for vehicles of different body types

Abstract

The braking system is one of the most important technical parts of the vehicle and at the same time a defining factor in terms of safety. This study aims to determine the braking space diagrams for different types of vehicles on different running surfaces. The main objective of this study was to compute the braking space diagrams for vehicles with different body types (sedan, wagon, SUV, cargo vehicle, motorcycle) on dry asphalt and to establish a comparative analysis between them. Besides these, a comparison of the obtained braking distances for the motorcycle and the SUV on a gravel road was applied. The results revealed that the SUV-type vehicle recorded a higher braking performance than the other categories of vehicles, both on dry asphalt and gravel roads. In conclusion, we can say that the braking distance is directly influenced by the vehicle's body type and the SUV seems to be the best vehicle in terms of braking performance.