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what type of brakes do buses, trucks and trains use?

like Cars use disk and drum brakes, bikes use disk and drum brakes, what type of braking does bus, truck and train use?? also **NAME** and explain those type of brakes

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Wider tire means more robust and can tolerate much higher air pressure. Increased tire pressure creates less rolling resistance on firm ground, and also protects the tire,inner tube and rim against damage
The wider front tire helps it dig in and carve through corners, where the thinner rear is easier to spin and will push you along better. If you were to switch the tires around, you would find cornering to be worse and you will have trouble getting the power down.
They all use air brakes, pioneered by Westinghouse a century ago. Most brakes we are familiar with are off most of the time and are applied when pressure presses the brake surface against a disk or drum. Air brakes work the other way, being pre-applied - the wheel won't turn - most of the time and requiring air pressure to release them. Without air the springs hold the brake shoes against the drum, making the brakes fail-safe. Air pressure overcomes the springs and releases the brakes.
For trains Early Brake Systems, Air Brakes, Vacuum Brakes, E-P Braking, ECP Brakes and North American Freight Train Brakes Trucks Service brakes (drum brakes) air operated parking brakes emergency brake Bus similar to trucks www.mto .on.ca/english/handboo. If you need more detail take a mechanics course. The answer you want is too long for this forum. Google search each of the names and you can get pages of information for each one.

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