Matching Analysis of Carbon-Ceramic Brake Discs for High-Speed Trains

Abstract

Matching analysis is a key step in the process of verifying the adaptation of carbon-ceramic brake discs to high-speed trains’ braking system. Relevant research on matching analysis tends to be carried out only on a single parameter of the brake disc. Due to this lack of comprehensive analysis, a data-driven, parametric method is proposed to address the problem. We have summarised the matching parameters of carbon-ceramic brake discs in three dimensions: assembly interface, physical characteristics, and braking performance. The method is based on the feasibility of modelling the parameters, completing the analysis of non-modelled parameters through a comparative conformity check, and modelling parameters through a statistical analysis of the experimental data. Conformity comparison results show that the example carbon-ceramic brake disc is well suited to high-speed trains and is better matching than the example cast-steel brake discs in terms of mass and average frictional coefficient. Analysis of the simulated experimental data shows that under high-speed braking conditions, the maximum disc surface temperature and wear of the example carbon-ceramic disc is higher than that of the cast-steel disc, trains equipped with carbon-ceramic discs have shorter emergency braking distances and higher average braking deceleration, and the carbon-ceramic discs exhibit better matching performance.