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One way to brake a vehicle is to press a pair of brake shoes against the running surface of the wheel. This Demonstration shows a tapered wheel, which is usually used for railway cars.

Contributed by: Sándor Kabai (December 2008)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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