Over the course of the past century, the global
automotive industry-s stance towards safety has evolved from one of
contempt to one nearing reverence. A suspension system that
provides safe handling and cornering capabilities can, with the help
of an efficient braking system, improve safety to a large extent. The
aim of this research is to propose a new automotive brake rotor
design and to compare it with automotive vented disk rotor. Static
structural and transient thermal analysis have been carried out on the
vented disk rotor and proposed rotor designs to evaluate and compare
their performance. Finite element analysis was employed for both
static structural and transient thermal analysis. Structural analysis
was carried out to study the stress and deformation pattern of the
rotors under extreme loads. Time varying temperature load was
applied on the rotors and the temperature distribution was analysed
considering cooling parameters (convection and radiation). This
dissertation illustrates the use of Finite Element Methods to examine
models, concluding with a comparative study of the proposed rotor
design and the conventional vented disk rotor for structural stability
and thermal efficiency.
[1] S.Vinodh, and Sharath Kumar T., "A case study on applying creative
design concepts to brake rotor design," Journal of Engineering Design
and Technology, submitted for publication.
[2] A. D. McPhee, and D. A. Johnson, "Experimental heat transfer and flow
analysis of a vented brake rotor", International Journal of Thermal
Sciences, 47, 2008, 458-467.
[3] G. P. Voller, M. Tirovic, R. Morris, and P. Gibbens,"Analysis of
automotive disk brake cooling characteristics" Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D : Journal of Automobile
Engineering, 2003, 217-657.
[4] H. A. Rothbart, and T. H. Brown Jr., "Mechanical Design Handbook,"
2006, McGraw-Hill Handbooks-1996.
[5] D. M. Rowson, " The Interfacial Surface Temperature of a Disk Brake,"
Wear, Vol.47,1978, pp.323-328.
[1] S.Vinodh, and Sharath Kumar T., "A case study on applying creative
design concepts to brake rotor design," Journal of Engineering Design
and Technology, submitted for publication.
[2] A. D. McPhee, and D. A. Johnson, "Experimental heat transfer and flow
analysis of a vented brake rotor", International Journal of Thermal
Sciences, 47, 2008, 458-467.
[3] G. P. Voller, M. Tirovic, R. Morris, and P. Gibbens,"Analysis of
automotive disk brake cooling characteristics" Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D : Journal of Automobile
Engineering, 2003, 217-657.
[4] H. A. Rothbart, and T. H. Brown Jr., "Mechanical Design Handbook,"
2006, McGraw-Hill Handbooks-1996.
[5] D. M. Rowson, " The Interfacial Surface Temperature of a Disk Brake,"
Wear, Vol.47,1978, pp.323-328.
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automotive industry-s stance towards safety has evolved from one of
contempt to one nearing reverence. A suspension system that
provides safe handling and cornering capabilities can, with the help
of an efficient braking system, improve safety to a large extent. The
aim of this research is to propose a new automotive brake rotor
design and to compare it with automotive vented disk rotor. Static
structural and transient thermal analysis have been carried out on the
vented disk rotor and proposed rotor designs to evaluate and compare
their performance. Finite element analysis was employed for both
static structural and transient thermal analysis. Structural analysis
was carried out to study the stress and deformation pattern of the
rotors under extreme loads. Time varying temperature load was
applied on the rotors and the temperature distribution was analysed
considering cooling parameters (convection and radiation). This
dissertation illustrates the use of Finite Element Methods to examine
models, concluding with a comparative study of the proposed rotor
design and the conventional vented disk rotor for structural stability
and thermal efficiency.", keywords = "Disk brakes, CAD model, rotor design, structural
and thermal analysis", volume = "6", number = "1", pages = "329-3", }