Mechanical brakes

Japanese: 機械式ブレーキ - きかいしきぶれーき
Mechanical brakes

A brake is a device that uses the force of friction between a solid object and a moving object, called a friction brake. ...
[Friction brake]
The most common brakes are those that press frictional members called brake pieces against a rotating body.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "mechanical brakes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…推力を作用させたときは,運動物体がもっていた運動エネルギーは噴出ガスのような運動物体から離れていく物の運動エネルギーとして運び去られる。一般に,固体摩擦力を利用するブレーキを摩擦ブレーキ(または機械式ブレーキ),流体抵抗を利用するものを流体ブレーキ,電磁力を利用するものを電気ブレーキというが,これらのうち,もっとも広く使われているものは摩擦ブレーキである。
[摩擦ブレーキ]
 回転体にブレーキ片という摩擦部材を押しつける構造のブレーキが一般的である。…

※「機械式ブレーキ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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