Abstract
A braking system of an automobile plays a vital role in maintaining the speed or controlling the motion. Motion of vehicle generates kinetic energy which converted into the thermal energy by means of friction between brake disc and brake pad caused by the application of brake. In this paper, a comparative study of two brake discs models is performed to evaluate the thermal convection and static structural analysis. Brake disc models are designed using SolidWorks 2016 software, and cast iron is selected as material. Various braking parameters are calculated using mathematic formulation which are used to perform transient heat and static structural analysis using SolidWorks Simulation. This study concludes that a brake disc having ventilation holes of bigger diameter will offer more heat transfer from disc surface to atmosphere without compromising the strength–weight ratio.
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