<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The braking system is one of the most important systems in any vehicle. Its proper functioning may determine the health and life the people inside the vehicle as well as other road users. Therefore, it is important that the parameters which characterise the functioning of brakes changed as little as possible throughout their lifespan. Multiple instances of heating and cooling of the working components of the brake system as well as the environment they work in may impact their tribological properties. This article describes a method of evaluating the coefficient of friction and the wear speed of abrasive wear of friction working components of brakes. The methodology was developed on the basis of Taguchi’s method of process optimization.</p></abstract>

The braking system is one of the most important systems in any vehicle. Its proper functioning may determine the health and life the people inside the vehicle as well as other road users. Therefore, it is important that the parameters which characterise the functioning of brakes changed as little as possible throughout their lifespan. Multiple instances of heating and cooling of the working components of the brake system as well as the environment they work in may impact their tribological properties. This article describes a method of evaluating the coefficient of friction and the wear speed of abrasive wear of friction working components of brakes. The methodology was developed on the basis of Taguchi’s method of process optimization.

Suggested Research Method for Testing Selected Tribological Properties of Friction Components in Vehicle Braking Systems

Faculty of Mechanics and Construction of Machinery, Mechanical Department, Białystok University of Technology, ul. Wiejska 45 C, 15-351 Białystok, Poland

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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The braking system is one of the most important systems in any vehicle. Its proper functioning may determine the health and life the people inside the vehicle...

Suggested Research Method for Testing Selected Tribological Properties of Friction Components in Vehicle Braking Systems

Publicado en línea: 06 ago 2016

Páginas: 223 - 226

Recibido: 11 jun 2015

Aceptado: 22 jul 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2016-0034

Palabras clave
Brakes, Taguchi’s Method, Friction

© 2016 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Suggested Research Method for Testing Selected Tribological Properties of Friction Components in Vehicle Braking Systems

Publicado en línea: 06 ago 2016

Páginas: 223 - 226

Recibido: 11 jun 2015

Aceptado: 22 jul 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ama-2016-0034

Palabras claveBrakes, Taguchi’s Method, Friction

© 2016 Bialystok University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Brakes, Taguchi’s Method, Friction