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ABSTRACT
The current article intends to describe the attempt to
make a tribometer to reproduce, as close as possible, the
thermal behavior of tests performed on brake dynamometer.
The same operating parameters and mating materials have
been used on both machines during the tests. Different disc
thickness, sample size and presence of insulator in the back
surface of the tribometer disc were evaluated. According to
the methodology adopted, the bigger is the apparent contact
area the higher is the temperature gain of the disc. A ticker
disc of the tribometer reduces the magnitude of temperature
gain in all stops. The thermal insulator also contributes
towards to a better thermal correlation.
INTRODUCTION
Manufacturers of brake systems have shown
particular interest in assessing the performance of friction
materials at high temperatures (above 300C). Under these
conditions reduction in coefficient of friction can occur, an
effect known as fading [1]. Other effects related to elevated
temperatures are the formation of hot spots and hot bands in
the brake disc surface [2-3] and degradation of the phenolic
resin of organic matrix composite [4].
Correlate thermal behavior from real applications (as
for automotive brakes) in a laboratory-scale machine has
Pneumatic
actuator
Sample Bearings
Load
cell
Motor
Shaft
Torque
transducer
Disc
(a)
(b)
T = i =
Iar 2 i f
AR
t
(1)
ET =
(t
i
t i 1 )Ti
(2)
i =1
THERMAL ANALYSIS
Brake
Dynamometer
Tribometer
Initial/Final sliding
speed [m/s]
10 / 0
3200
82500
130
491
707
804
18.75
21.3
24.1
7.8
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Stop number
Stop numbe r
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Stop number
25.07
24.86
24.72
24.03
24.56
24.58
24.54
24.47
24.53
10
24.47
11
24.48
12
24.72
13
24.72
14
24.65
15
25.12
Ave rage
24.63
Variabil ity
0.51
23.4
Pre-set rotation
Pre-set torque
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
0
1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
CONCLUSIONS