Description / Abstract:
This Recommended Practice applies to commercial vehicles equipped with air disc brakes and above 4536 kg of Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. Other assessments on the friction material or rotor related to wear, durability, correlation to product life, noise, judder, compliance to specific regulations, etc., are not part of this RP (Recommended practice).
Purpose
This Recommended Practice provides an inertia dynamometer test method to assess the propensity of a friction couple to initiate and propagate thermally-induced cracks on the rotor.