<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the paper an influence of the cover angle of the pad on temperature fields of the components of the disc brake is studied. A three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of the pad-disc system was developed at the condition of equal temperatures on the contacting surfaces. Calculations were carried out for a single braking process at constant deceleration assuming that the contact pressure corresponds with the cover angle of the pad so that the moment of friction is equal in each case analysed. Evolutions and distributions of temperature both for the contact surface of the pad and the disc were computed and shown.</p></abstract>

In the paper an influence of the cover angle of the pad on temperature fields of the components of the disc brake is studied. A three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of the pad-disc system was developed at the condition of equal temperatures on the contacting surfaces. Calculations were carried out for a single braking process at constant deceleration assuming that the contact pressure corresponds with the cover angle of the pad so that the moment of friction is equal in each case analysed. Evolutions and distributions of temperature both for the contact surface of the pad and the disc were computed and shown.

Numerical Analysis of Temperature Field in a Disc Brake at Different Cover Angle of the Pad

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics and Applied Computer Science, Bialystok University of Technology ul. Wiejska 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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In the paper an influence of the cover angle of the pad on temperature fields of the components of the disc brake is studied. A three-dimensional finite...

Numerical Analysis of Temperature Field in a Disc Brake at Different Cover Angle of the Pad

Online veröffentlicht: 27. Jan. 2015

Seitenbereich: 185 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2014-0033

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