Silicone Brake Fluids: Two-Year Field Test

A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of silicone brake fluids in military vehicles operating under various climatic conditions. These fluids were field tested for two year in vehicles operating at the Tropic Test Center (TTC), Panama Canal Zone and the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Conley, James H., Jamison, Robert, Jordan, Charles B.
Other Authors: ARMY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Surface Transportation and Equipment
*BRAKE FLUIDS
*SILICONES
MILITARY VEHICLES
LONG RANGE(TIME)
BRAKES
ALL WEATHER
ARCTIC REGIONS
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
CORROSION
TROPICAL REGIONS
Arctic
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA026180
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA026180
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Summary:A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of silicone brake fluids in military vehicles operating under various climatic conditions. These fluids were field tested for two year in vehicles operating at the Tropic Test Center (TTC), Panama Canal Zone and the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Arizona and for one year at the Arctic Test Center (ATC), Fort Greeley, Alaska. After two years service at the TTC and YPG, the water intolerant silicone fluids were significantly better than the water tolerant silicone and the conventional brake fluid with respect to metal corrosion. At ATC, tests on the two water intolerant silicone fluids were discontinued because of possible crystallization at low temperatures and were replaced midway through the first year with fluids having improved low-temperature properties.

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