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KANO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WUDIL KANO

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
COURSE CODE/TITLE: MEC5309 (AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING)

TITLE: ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC: ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS)

GROUP: GROUP 3

DATE: 29/06/2014

NAMES AND REG. NO OF THE GROUP MEMBERS

S/N NAMES REG. NO
1 YUSHA'U YUSUF UG09/MECH/1061
2 ABDULLAHI ABDULHADI UG09/MECH/1060
3 MUSTAPHA ABDULLAHI UG09/MECH/1051
4 ABULFATAHI DAHIRU UG09/MECH/1050
5 YUSUF ABDULLAHI UG09/MECH/1049
6 IBRAHIM IDOWU PRAISE UG09/MECH/1053
7 IBRAHIM BARAU UG09/MECH/1056
8 MUBARAK WADA UG09/MECH/1059
9 NAZIFI BELLO UG09/MECH/1064
10 ABUBAKAR ALIYU YUSUF UG09/MECH/1067

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ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS)

INTRODUCTION

Anti-lock braking system is a device or a system used to prevent tire skidding

by keeping the brakes from locking.

PURPOSE OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKING:

Tires skid when they slow or decelerate farther than the vehicle. One way to
help prevent the skidding is to keep the brake from locking which is the purpose
of anti-lock braking system (ABS). During normal braking, the anti-lock braking
system has no effect on the service brake. However, during hard or severe
braking, the anti-lock braking system prevents wheel lock up.

The system allows the brake to apply until the tires are almost starting to skid.
Then the anti-lock braking system can vary or modulate the hydraulic pressure to
the brake at each wheel. The rapid pumping of the brakes keeps the rate of wheel
deceleration below the speed at which the wheels can lock.

OPERATION OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM:

Consider a vehicle equipped with a vacuum brake booster and four wheel anti-
lock brakes. The brake lines from the master cylinder connect to a hydraulic unit
or actuator. Lines from the actuator connect to the wheel brakes. The actuator is
controlled by the ABS control module.

Wheel speed sensors (fig1) at each wheel continuously send wheel speed
information to the ABS control module. There is no ABS until the stop light switch
signals the control module that the brake pedal has been depressed. When the
control module senses a rapid drop in wheel speed, it signals the actuator to
adjust or modulate the brake pressure to that wheel. This prevents wheel locking.

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INPUTS OUTPUT

RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR

SPEED SENSOR

ABS CONTROL MODULE

RIGHT REAR WHEEL ABS WARNING LIGHT

SPEED SENSOR

LEFT FRONT WHEEL SELF TEST OUTPUT

SPEED SENSOR

LEFT REAR WHEEL

SPEED SENSOR

STOP LIGHT SWITCH

Fig. 1 schematic diagram showing the ABS control module, with input and output
(ford motor company).