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Translations:Hydrodynamic Brake/1/en

From Derail Valley

Hydrodynamic braking, also known as retarding, is an alternative way of slowing down a motorized rail vehicle , without wearing and overheating the brake shoes . It is a type of dynamic braking on vehicles that have fluid couplings or torque converters as part of their transmission, namely those of diesel-mechanical and diesel-hydraulic type.