The bedding-in process on disc brakes contact pressure distribution and its effects.
no === Given that most of the working life of a brake pad life is spent in the bedded condition, it is important to examine the conditions of a fully bedded contact interface. An experimental and a numerical method are combined. Contact pressure and its effects (heat generation/partition and tempera...
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| Language: | en |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4589 |
| Summary: | no === Given that most of the working life of a brake pad life is spent in the bedded condition, it is important to examine the conditions of a fully bedded contact interface. An experimental and a numerical method are combined. Contact pressure and its effects (heat generation/partition and temperature rise) for the drag braking process with and without bedding are compared. The real contact area is also measured and found to be increased for the bedded interface. This results to the contact pressure being ¿more¿ evenly distributed than before. Spreading the contact pressure also results in increasing the total heat transfer between the disc and pad since now more heat can be transferred from the pad (where it is generated) to the disc. It is concluded that in order to have a reliable simulation it is recommended that the bedding-in effects are introduced in the simulations. === IMechE, RAE Travel Grant |
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