DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF BRAKE DISC PLATE WITH TWO DIFFERENT MATERIALS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA)

Brake is a device by means of which frictional resistance is applied to rotating disc, in order to slowdown or to stop the motion of vehicle. During the braking phase, the frictional heat generated at the interface of the disc and pads can lead to high temperatures. The frictional heat generated on the rotor surface can influence excessive temperature rise which, in turn, leads to undesirable effects such as thermal elastic instability (TEI), premature wear and thermally excited vibrations (TEV). In this project we analyse the thermal and static structural behaviour of the brake disc rotor with Titanium alloy (Ti 550) and conventional Stainless-Steel material in finite element software ANSYS R 19.2 Modelling of the disc brake rotor is done using CREO PARAMETRIC 5.0. Finally, a comparison is made between conventional stainless steel and Ti 550 materials and the analysis is done based on the magnitude of Von misses’ stresses, temperature distribution and deformation from the coupled thermal analysis.