Storyboard Automobile Brakes

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Main components of brakes

• Taken apart show each piece and give the proper name.

• Brake pedal, brake reservoir, rotors, pads, drums, calipers, pistons, cylinders,

• Take a still shot of each

• 3mins

How they work

• Describe Pascal's principle • Show the principle if possible(internet

video cited)• Talk about pressure and force• Go into detail but no crazy describe in

basic understandable means

• 3-4 mins

Describe the parts and how they work in relation to

Pascal’s Principle• Talk about brake fluid and the reservoir• Brake lines and pressure• Pressure and force• Friction between pad and rotor or drum• Heat release• 4 min with demonstration repeated

Types of Brakes

• Anti lock• Disc • Drum• Air• Emergency• Possibly parking• 1-2minutes

Brakes as part of the car• How brakes have helped make cars safer ie antilock

brakes• Closing

• 1-2 minutes• End credits