ENHANCEMENT IN DESIGN AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF DISC BRAKE ROTOR

In automobile field, the contributions of composite materials are appreciable but cast iron is commonly used material for disc brake. Composite materials are less in weight and have more strength to weight ratio which can be chosen as an alternate materia l for disc brake. The objective of present work is Design and Analysis to evaluate the thermal analysis of enhanced disc brake rotor for three different materials, under severe braking conditions. This paper gives an idea about the enhancement design of a disc brake rotor used in Racing Cars. The materials used are Cast Iron, Aluminium, and Aluminium Composite. Actual disc brake rotor as no extrusions over the brake rotor. But in our design, by placing alternatively extrusions over the brake rotor which giv es better results in heat dissipation. Modelling is done in Catia V5 and Thermal Analysis is done in FEA USING ANSYS