Structural and Thermal Analysis of Magnesium Based Brake Friction Material
Structural and Thermal Analysis of Magnesium Based Brake Friction Material
Structural and Thermal Analysis of Magnesium Based Brake Friction Material
https://doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.41899
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Abstract: Conventional brake pad friction materials are made of organic, metallic and ceramic materials but they suffer from
various shortcomings like dampening effects, formation of undesirable phases, sensitivity to high temperature and brittleness.
However, in the recent years due to better tribological properties of magnesium and its composites they have gained considerable
importance to be used as brake pad friction material. In present article the structural and thermal analysis of six magnesium
composites (viz., AZ91 + 0.5 wt.% GNP, AZ91 + 30 wt.% TiC, Mg + 1 Al + 0.6 wt.% CNT, AZ91D + 1.5 wt.% B4C, Mg + 10 %
TiC + 5 wt.% MoS2, Mg+ 5 wt.% Graphite) in ANSYS software has been carried out. During the structural and thermal
simulation it was observed that AZ91+0.5wt%GNP and Mg+1Al+0.60CNT gave the best results for total deformation, equivalent
stress and strain and were found to be the most suitable composites for making brake pad friction material. This behaviour of the
GNP and CNT composites can be attributed to their respective honey-comb and cylindrical structure lattice and high thermal
properties.
Keywords: Brake pad friction material, Structural analysis, Thermal analysis, Composites, GNP, CNT
I. INTRODUCTION
Magnesium in the recent years is gaining importance in automobile industry due to its efficient mechanical properties, less weight
and high machinability. 1It is also noticed that magnesium is 35% lighter than aluminium and four times lighter than steel.
2
Alloying of magnesium with manganese, zinc and rare earth materials increases the strength to weight ratio, which makes it
suitable for applications where reduction of weight inertial forces is imperative. Incorporation of structural filler material viz.,
Carbon nano tube (CNT) and Graphene nano plates (GNP) leads to increase in thermal properties of magnesium composites.
Brake pads are a crucial component in the braking system of an automobile. They have to be designed in such a way that a constant
coefficient of friction is maintained over a wide range of structural and thermal conditions. Although the wear of the brake pad is
inevitable, however, it should be minimized as far as possible.
3
Highlighted that asbestos brake pads released carcinogenic materials during wear and thus have a negative effect on the human
health. 4 reported that organic brake pads were not homogenous in nature as they depend highly on the type and conditions of the
raw material. 5 highlighted that metallic matrix composites display low hardness and low strength to weight ratio, which effects the
strength of brake pads.
6
observed that magnesium has a high strength to weight ratio. According to 7 incorporations of CNT in the magnesium metal matrix
composite rapidly increases its strength. The wear characteristics of the matrix is also improved by the addition of GNP, TiC and
B4C composites. In context of the above discussion, the present study aims to do a comparative analysis of the structural and
thermal behaviour, of six different magnesium composites brake pad friction materials (viz., AZ91 + 0.5 wt% GNP, AZ91 + 30
wt% TiC, Mg + 1 Al + 0.6 CNT, AZ91D + 1.5 wt% B4C, Mg + 10 % TiC + 5 wt% MoS2, Mg+ 5 wt% Graphite) under similar
boundary conditions.
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Fig.1 Model design and boundary conditions used for simulation on ANSYS
The structural analysis was done for a braking period of 4 seconds whereas the thermal analysis was carried out for a braking period
of 1 second. The brake pressure (i.e., 1MPa) was applied uniformly over the brake pad surface and tetrahedron mesh was used in the
analysis. Fine meshing of the model was done in order to get accurate results across the disc and pad.
Poisson ratio
0.31 0.29 0.3 0.25 0.24 0.28
Ultimate compressive
strength 425 255 430 250 174 185
(MPa)
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A. Material Analysis
During simulation, structural parameters viz., total deformation, shear stress, equivalent stress and thermal parameter (i.e.,
temperature gradient) were studied. These simulations are carried out to know the applicability of Magnesium composite-based
friction materials under wide range of temperatures and stress values.
B. Total Deformation
The following figures shows the simulation results of total deformation on different magnesium composites. A comparitive
desscription of the range of deformation obtained in the six simulations results are shown in table 3.
Mg + 5% Graphite 0-43.575
Results from figure 2 and table 3 showed that AZ91+0.5 wt.% GNP had the minimum range of deformation. It was observed that
Mg + 1Al + 0.6 CNT showed the next lowest deformation range (refer figure 2c and table 3). Mg + 10% TiC + 5% MoS2 was seen
to have the maximum range of deformation (refer figure 2e and table 3). The maximum deformation was seen at the periphery of the
brake pad (represented by red colour) and the minimum at the centre of the disc (represented by blue colour). Analysis of the
simulation results showed that the deformation in each case increased outwards in the radial direction.
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Results from figure 3 and table 4 showed that AZ91+0.5 wt.% GNP had the minimum range of equivalent stress (i.e., 0.030587 –
27.674). It was observed that Mg + 1Al + 0.6 CNT showed the next lowest range of equivalent stress (i.e., 0.01136 – 29.825, as
shown in figure 3c). The maximum range of equivalent stress was seen in Mg + 10% TiC + 5% MoS2 (i.e., 0.044209 – 37.60, as
shown in figure 3e). Results from table 4 also highlighted that the upper limit of the equivalent stresses in AZ91+ 30 wt.% TiC (i.e.,
31.752) and AZ91D + 1.5 % B4C (i.e., 33.454) were almost equal. Maximum equivalent stresses were observed in mid-section of
the disc. There was a uniform distribution of equivalent stress on the disc
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D. Equivalent Strain
The results of Equivalent strain simulation are shown in figure 4. The maximum values of the equivalent strain of the six
magnesium composites are shown in table 5.
It was observed that the minimum value of the equivalent strain was very low as a result we have taken only the upper limit of the
simulation results for analysis. From table 5 and figure 4 it was seen that AZ91+ 0.5 wt.% GNP had minimum value (i.e.,
0.00031516) of the equivalent strain. Mg + 1Al + 0.6 CNT composite as seen in table 5 had the next lowest value of equivalent
strain. It was observed that AZ91+ 30 wt.% TiC and AZ91D + 1.5 % B4C had approximately equal values of equivalent strain. Out
of all the six composites Mg + 10% TiC + 5% MoS2 composite had the highest value of maximum strain. The maximum equivalent
strain was seen on the brake pad in Mg + 5wt% Graphite and Mg + 10% TiC + 5% MoS2 composite as shown in figure 4e and 4f.
However, in case of all the other composites (refer to figure 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) the equivalent strain was distributed across the entire
disc and not concentrated on the brake pad only
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E. Thermal Analysis
The thermal simulation of the disc and pad was carried out under the boundary conditions stated in Table 1. This simulation was
carried out in order to observe the temperature gradient of the disc when the brake pads were subjected to a pressure of 1 MPa.
Table 6 gives details about the values of thermal conductivity of the different composites used in the study.
The thermal simulation results of the composites are shown in the following figures.
a) AZ91+30wt%TiC b) AZ91+0.5wt%GNP
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The range of temperature observed for each composite after simulation is given in table 7
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From the simulation results as shown in figure 5 it was seen that Mg+ 5 wt% Graphite, AZ91+ 0.5 wt.% GNP and Mg + 1Al + 0.6
CNT had a low range of temperature.
The maximum temperature of Mg+ 5 wt% Graphite, AZ91+ 0.5 wt.% GNP and Mg + 1Al + 0.6 CNT was 275.16, 246.17 oC and
253.98oC respectively (as shown in table 7.). Analysis of the simulation results showed that the temperature was distribute
uniformly across the disc. It was seen that in all composites the temperature increased radially outwards. Lower temperatures were
seen at the centre of the disc.
AZ91+ 30 wt.% TiC and AZ91D + 1.5 % B4C showed maximum temperature of 372.59oC and 366.73oC respectively. The highest
temperature achieved for was approximately same. However, there was difference in the minimum temperature values of both the
composites (as shown in figure 5c and 5d).
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IV. CONCLUSION
1) From the structural and thermal simulation results it was concluded that AZ91+0.5wt%GNP and Mg+1Al+0.60CNT were the
ideal composites for making brake pad friction material.
2) There is a need to validate the simulation results through lab experiments.
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