//(Brakes) Example 12.9 //Face width of the friction lining w (mm) w = 50 //Maximum intensity of normal pressure pmax (N/mm2) pmax = 1 //Coefficient of friction mu mu = 0.3 //Radius of the drum R (mm) R = 250 //All angles are taken from the same reference //Angles of the shoe theta1 and theta2 theta1 = 15 theta2 = 75 //Maximum normal pressure occurs at angle fi (deg) if (theta2 > 90) fi = 90 else fi = theta2 end //Distance of the force from the horizontal centerline d1 (mm) d1 = 200 //The distance of the pivot from the axis of the brake drum h (mm) h= 200 //Distance of the pivot from the vertical centerline d2 (mm) d2 = 50