Finite Element Analysis of Automotive Disk Brake and Pad in Frictional Model Contact

Abstract

The object of this work is to present a study of the thermomechanical behavior of the automobile disc brake during the braking phase. Then, a purely mechanical study of dry contact between the disc and pads is developed with a good prediction becomes a major stake for the industrialists while modeling the loading and the boundary conditions around the disc. The same computer code was used to visualize displacements, total deformations in the disc, shear stresses, Von Mises stresses and, the tools of contact pads. Also studied was the case of thermoelasticity while interpreting the various exits results during this simulation.