DESIGN OF A LIGHTWEIGHT AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE DISC USING FINITE-ELEMENT AND TAGUCHI TECHNIQUES

Citation
Dg. Grieve et al., DESIGN OF A LIGHTWEIGHT AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE DISC USING FINITE-ELEMENT AND TAGUCHI TECHNIQUES, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART D-JOURNALOF AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING, 212(D4), 1998, pp. 245-254
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Mechanical",Transportation
ISSN journal
09544070
Volume
212
Issue
D4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
245 - 254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-4070(1998)212:D4<245:DOALAB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Aluminium metal matrix composite brake discs offer significant weight advantages compared with the traditional cast iron rotor but have a mu ch lower maximum operating temperature. In this study, a finite elemen t model of an existing brake design is firstly used to predict the pea k disc temperatures during two critical brake tests for both cast iron and an aluminium metal matrix composite alternative. A Taguchi analys is is then applied, enabling all the critical design and material fact ors of an aluminium metal matrix composite rotor to be considered coll ectively. Based on the results of this exercise, a parametric sensitiv ity study is carried out to define suitable design-material combinatio ns for a prototype lightweight front brake disc to be used on small to medium passenger vehicles.