Influence of Bozic brake on development of rail traffic

Abstract

The paper gives a brief view of development of rail traffic in the world before the invention of Serbian engineer Dobrivoje S. Bozic. At that time, undeveloped braking system of railway vehicles was a significant obstacle for further development of rail traffic. The problems that existed in braking of railway vehicles before the introduction of Bozic's innovations are analyzed. Bozic’s solution and its influence on the development of pneumatic braking systems of passenger? and freight railway vehicles is described. In this invention, Bozic is the first in the world who designed, made, implemented and patented the distributor with three pressures in the brake system of railway vehicles. This innovation has significantly contributed to faster development of railway vehicles, as well as the entire rail traffic.