Design and Analysis of Heavy Duty Truck Brake Drum and Shoe

Abstract

The effect of materials on the brake performance of heavy duty truck is studied using analysis software. The drum and shoe model of heavy duty truck were designed by CATIA software and by using various brake materials as a design variables the structural and thermal analysis of the imported model was done on ANSYS software. Finite element method was utilized and the meshing element size and shape were defined to find solution for stress, strain, deformation, temperature and heat flux of the brake drum and shoe. The result of analysis showed that by assigning different materials better brake performance can be achieved. Aluminum metal matrix composite F3D205-T5, one of the four assigned brake materials has better characteristics of thermal dissipation and light weight than cast iron and carbon steel and it has moderate deformation characteristics similar to cast iron. Because of its observed better characteristics Aluminum metal matrix composite F3D205-T5 can be treated as an alternative brake material for brake drum and shoe.