Design and Analysis of Automobile Disc Brake using ANSYS

Abstract

The application of disc brake in the growing automotive world is considered a major automotive performance factor to be considered while designing any automobile class and variants. A disc brake is one of the essential components in any automobile as it is used to turn down the speed of the automobile. During braking operation, the braking pads and discs are undergoing severe conditions of wear and high temperature. To prevent harm to the disc brake or other components, the heat generated by this disc brake must then be released into the environment. Therefore, it is crucial to provide effective heat dissipation to the environment. Increasing the surface area where heat is dissipated into the environment is one potential solution. Comparison can be done for deformation, stresses, temperature etc. form the three materials to check which material is best. Catia is a 3d modeling software widely used in the design process. ANSYS is general-purpose finite element analysis (FEA) software package. Finite Element Analysis is a numerical method of deconstructing a complex system into very small pieces (of user-designated size) called elements. The project aims to model a disc brake. Structural and Thermal analysis is done on the disc brake A proper rotor design and superior heat-dissipating material provide better performance during the braking mechanism. In this project, the optimal arrangement of holes, slots, and cut sections curved are studied by using Ansys software.