Design and Manufacturing of Conical Vent Profile Disc Brake

Abstract:

Braking system is one amongst the foremost vital contact mechanisms in an automobile. The braking potency in automobile depends on the desertion characteristics of the constraint assembly. The heat refusal from the system is proportional to the desertion of brake. This paper aims to bring out producing, testing of conical shape vent profile and studies of existing cooling vent profile heat refusal throughout the braking. This result reduces the thermal and structural stress on the brake plate. The prevailing vehicles brakes has been made from cylindrical vent profiles that in theory has lesser cooling potency because the direction of the air flow .The profile favor to increase the cooling potency by conical shape vent. The vent is reshaped in such some way that the face of the round shape vent is within the direction of air flow throughout vehicle motion that permits a lot of quantity of air to flow across the brake plate. This style changes results to extend the heat convey rate throughout the braking

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 766-767)
• Pages: 1028-1033
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.766-767.1028
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: S. Arasu*, A. Krishnamoorthy
• Keywords: Abrasive Wear, Conical Vent Profile, Disc Brakes, Pin-on-Disc Machine, Thermal Stress

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