1. 1. Disc Brake Assembly Analysis
2. 2. What is Disc Brake? Disc Brakes are connected to the wheel and/or the axle. They are the type of the brakes, which uses the pair of calipers attached with the brake pads to rub against the disc. This creates friction between the brake pads and the disc, which in turn reduces the rotatory motion of the axle/wheel or brings it to stationary.
3. 3. Our Objective Simulating the disc brake assembly for different materials by providing the necessary tables/figures/graphs and to examine whether the part fails or not based on the safety factor requirements. Analyze under three different loading conditions i.e. gradual, repeated and sudden/impact loadings.
4. 4. Approach
5. 5. Challenges Faced In order to reduce the simulations complexity, most of the parts, which play no and/or less role, were removed from the actual assembly. To avoid simulating symmetrical parts and reduce simulation time, the assembly is further divided into half in two different planes. This helped us in bringing down the size of the actual assembly. In spite of providing all the necessary requirements for the simulation, the rotor was unable to rotate in the desired way. Certain analyses under particular conditions were not functioning properly. Applying different commands and options, which we havent been acquainted before was one of the major issues.
6. 6. Where did we end up with? Finally, we had ended up in simulating the assembly. It is a setup where the moving brake pad is acting against the rotor disc. The simulation was generated in two analysis types- 1) Mechanical Event Simulation 2) Non-Linear Static Stress Simulation
7. 7. This is where we have ended up MES Analysis
8. 8. By: - Pragadeesh Ravichandran Aditya Kaliappan Velayutham Mridul Mohta
9. 9. Questions?