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Hydraulic brakes are used in _______


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HOW DO BRAKES WORK? Part 1 – Braking Basics - Defensive Driving

Hydraulic Brakes:

  1. Hydraulic brakes are based on Pascal's law.
  2. Pascal's law states that when a fluid is kept in a closed container, the pressure at one point will be equal to every other point on the fluid.
  3. We know that pressure is force per unit area.
  4. In hydraulic brakes, when a small pressure is applied to a small piston with a smaller area, this pressure gets distributed equally throughout the entire fluid.
  5. On the other end, a piston with a large area is present which experience this equally distributed pressure.
  6. This exerts a huge force and a brake is applied.
  7. This force can help to stop large vehicles.
  8. Thus, hydraulic brakes are mainly used in vehicles.

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