Prony brake design
Prony brake design
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Dear friends,
I would like to design a prony brake for 600 W SI engine performance testing. Could somebody can suggest any book/ web site giving the design details?
I would like to design a prony brake for 600 W SI engine performance testing. Could somebody can suggest any book/ web site giving the design details?





RE: Prony brake design
I'm not too sure what you mean by a prony brake, pony brake sounds more likely.
The main difficulty with a brake is that you have to measure the restoring couple. This is not conceptually difficult, but is either expensive or time consuming.
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Prony brake design
It's named after the guy who invented it, I think he was french?
One of the few and pointless things I took out of 3 years at uni.