Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Teknolojik Araştırmalar Dergisi, cilt.1, sa.2, ss.9-20, 2009 (Hakemli Dergi)
Kinetic energy during braking of the moving mass is converted into heat energy through friction. This heat energy cause
brake pads to be exposed to excessive temperature. The breaking efficiency reduces in time and in this case some
problems (reducing in brake performance, defect running, rapid brake pad wear and noise) occur.
Five different brake pad materials were subjected to the braking process during 300 s in the study that was modeled by
the ABAQUS software. The researchers investigated the temperature and stress that occurred during the braking
process by using finite elements method. Moreover, in order to expose the status of brake pads after friction, four
different thicknesses of the same brake pad were taken into the consideration in the analysis.