b) Disk Brake
In the disk brake, friction linings or brake shoes are axially pressed against the brake disk which rotates with the wheel. This brake design, in contrast to the radically acting drum brake, is also called the Axial Brake.
Disk brakes used in today's motor vehicles are realized without exception in the form of partial disk brakes. This means that the friction lining only covers a section of the brake disk. One can distinguish here between fixed and floating caliper disk brakes. The table shown compares these systems.