Explain the working of Master Cylinder. What is a tandem master cylinder?

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Master cylinder is a control device that converts non-hydraulic pressure (commonly from a driver's foot) into hydraulic pressure.
The principle of working is that of Pascal’s Law where a high pressure fluid is obtained at the outlet of smaller area, of a cylinder by application of force on the larger …

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Master cylinder can be rightly named as heart of the hydraulic braking system. There are two main chambers viz. the fluid reservoir & compression chamber in which the piston operates(Fig:5.1). The fluid in the reservoir compensates for any change In the fluid volume in the pipelines due to temperature variations …

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