畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）任 務(wù) 書設(shè)計（論文）題目：轎車前輪盤式制動器設(shè)計 學生姓名：發(fā)任務(wù)書日期：2015年12月30日 任務(wù)書填寫要求1．畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）任務(wù)書由指導(dǎo)教師根據(jù)各課題的具體情況填寫，經(jīng)學生所在專業(yè)的負責人審查、系（院）領(lǐng)導(dǎo)簽字后生效。此任務(wù)書應(yīng)在畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）開始前一周內(nèi)填好并發(fā)給學生。2．任務(wù)書內(nèi)容必須用黑墨水筆工整書寫，不得涂改或潦草書寫；或者按教務(wù)處統(tǒng)一設(shè)計的電子文檔標準格式（可從教務(wù)處網(wǎng)頁上下載）打印，要求正文小4號宋體，1.5倍行距，禁止打印在 上 。3．任務(wù)書內(nèi)填寫的內(nèi)容，必須 學生畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文） 的情況 一 ， ，應(yīng) 經(jīng) 所在專業(yè) 系（院） 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)審 后 可 填寫。4．任務(wù)書內(nèi) 學院 、 專業(yè) 名 的填寫，應(yīng)寫 文 ，不 寫 字 ?。學生的 學號 要寫號，不 ￠寫￡后2?或1? 字。 5．任務(wù)書內(nèi) 要￥?文§ 的填寫，應(yīng)按currency1'“???學院fi?畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）fl寫 –?的要求書寫。6． 年月日 日期的填寫，應(yīng) 按currency1?標GB/T 7408—94' 據(jù)· ?格式、?? ?、日期 ?”?…‰? 的要求，一?用 `′ 字書寫。? 2002年4月2日 或 2002-04-02”。畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）任 務(wù) 書1．fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）課題應(yīng)?ˉ的目的：1.? fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計˙學生¨ 、?? ?所學?ˇ,— 學生 用所學專業(yè)?ˇ ? 工 題的 。2.fi設(shè)計? 根據(jù) 轎車 要 ￥ 前輪的制動要求，查? a、書 ， 車 前輪盤式制動器 ?，設(shè)計 要??o，并 行 ，˙學生學 a的 ?、 、整 正 ˙用工具，? 、?? ?學??的?fi ‰； 學生 用 設(shè)計 ‰ 工 題的 ，樹立正 的設(shè)計思想。同?— 學生獨立 處 專業(yè) 題的 ，˙學生初步具 工 設(shè)計 從事?學??的 。為從事fi專業(yè)工作打下堅 的?礎(chǔ)。 2．fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）課題任務(wù)的內(nèi)容 要求（包括原始 據(jù)、? 要求、工作要求 ）：要內(nèi)容 要求：汽車制動系的功用是˙汽車以適 的減速度降速行駛直至停車；在下坡行駛?，˙汽車保持適 的穩(wěn) 車速；˙汽車可靠地停在原地或坡道上。制動 置由制動器 制動驅(qū)動機?兩? 組 。常用摩擦式制動器 鼓式、盤式、帶式三種，目前絕大多 轎車前輪˙用盤式制動器，而且已經(jīng) 許多轎車四個車輪都˙用盤式制動器。要求 ： 轎車前輪盤式制動器的 ?；計算地面制動 、制動器制動 、制動 矩 ；設(shè)計制動操縱機?， 制動 缸、制動輪缸 行選 ； 要??o設(shè)計計算；繪制?o圖 圖。工作要求： 合 習 開?， 設(shè)計。所需條o： ??工具 手段（儀器、儀? ）； 的手冊文§ a； 車輛 設(shè)備；電腦 CAD軟o并 上網(wǎng) a。 畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）任 務(wù) 書3． fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）課題 果的要求〔包括圖?、 物 硬o要求〕：fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計課題 果的要求為：1.在 ? ?礎(chǔ)上， 轎車前輪盤式制動器的 ?；計算地面制動 、制動器制動 、制動 矩 ；設(shè)計制動操縱機?， 制動 缸、制動輪缸 行選 ； 要??o設(shè)計計算。2.符合要求的?o圖 圖。3.符合 –的畢業(yè)設(shè)計說明書一份。4.翻譯一篇1萬印刷符以上 課題 的專業(yè)外文 a。 4． 要￥?文§： [1] 陳家瑞.汽車?造（上下冊）（第3版）[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2009.[2] 余志生.汽車 論(第5版)[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2009.[3] 王望予.汽車設(shè)計(第4版)[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2004.[4] 喻凡，林逸.汽車系統(tǒng)動 學[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2005.[5] 徐石安.汽車?造——底盤工 [M].北京：清華大學出版社，2008.[6] 王?權(quán)，龔?慶.汽車設(shè)計課 設(shè)計指導(dǎo)書[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2010.[7] 劉濤.汽車設(shè)計[M].北京：北京大學出版社.2008.[8] '汽車工 手冊?編 .汽車工 手冊（設(shè)計篇）[M].北京：人 ?出版社，2001.[9] 王 .汽車底盤設(shè)計[M].北京：清華大學出版社，2010.[10] “?.汽車車 設(shè)計[M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2007.[11] , .汽車動 系統(tǒng)計算 [M].北京：北京 工大學出版社，2009.[12] ， 名 .機械設(shè)計（第 版）[M].北京： 教 出版社，2006.[13] – ， . a 學（第2版）[M].北京：清華大學出版社，2008.[14] 劉 安.AutoCAD2011 文版機械設(shè)計 教 [M].北京：機械工業(yè)出版社，2010.[15] 林清安. ?Pro/ENGINEER?￠5.0 文版?o設(shè)計?礎(chǔ)￡?[M].北京：電子工業(yè)出版社，2010.[16] 王￥ .CATIA V5機械（汽車）?§CAD/CAE/CAM ?教 [M].北京：人 ?出版社，2007.[17] currency1'“.汽車???fifl合器 –?設(shè)計? ??[J]. ?工 機械學?，2007，01期. 畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）任 務(wù) 書5．fi畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）課題工作 度計?：2015-11-04至2015-12-312016-01-02至2016-03-052016-03-06至2016-03-202016-03-21至2016-04-202016-04-21至2016-05-052016-05-06至2016-05-26選題，查·任務(wù)書， 整 課題 ￥? a；行畢業(yè)設(shè)計 ?， 開題? ，畢業(yè)設(shè)計外文 a翻譯，畢業(yè)設(shè)計??；轎車前輪盤式制動器的 ?；計算地面制動 、制動器制動 、制動 矩 ；設(shè)計制動操縱機?， 制動 缸、制動輪缸 行選 ； 要??o設(shè)計計算；繪制?o圖 圖；? 畢業(yè)設(shè)計草?， 行 期?查；畢業(yè)設(shè)計說明書、設(shè)計圖 ? 由指導(dǎo)”師審?，指導(dǎo)”師審?? 后，? 畢業(yè)設(shè)計 … a，準備‰ ； 根據(jù)學院 專業(yè)安?， 行畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）‰ 。所在專業(yè)審查 `：? 負責人： 2016 年 1 月 22 日畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）開 題 報 告設(shè)計（論文）題目：轎車前輪盤式制動器設(shè)計 2016 年 1 月 8 日 開題報告填寫要求1．開題報告（含“文獻綜述”）作為畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）答辯委員會對學生答辯資格審查的依據(jù)材料之一。此報告應(yīng)在指導(dǎo)教師指導(dǎo)下，由學生在畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）工作前期內(nèi)完成，經(jīng)指導(dǎo)教師簽署意見及所在專業(yè)審查后生效；2．開題報告內(nèi)容必須用黑墨水筆工整書寫或按教務(wù)處統(tǒng)一設(shè)計的電子文檔標準格式打印，禁止打印在其它紙上后剪貼，完成后應(yīng)及時交給指導(dǎo)教師簽署意見；3．“文獻綜述”應(yīng)按論文的框架成文，并直接書寫（或打?。┰诒鹃_題報告第一欄目內(nèi)，學生寫文獻綜述的文獻應(yīng) 15 （ ）；4． 年月日 日期的填寫，應(yīng) 按 標GB/T 7408—94 據(jù) 交 格式 交 日期 時 的要求，一?用￠￡? ￥書寫。?“2004年4月26日”或“2004-04-26”。5 開題報告（文獻綜述）￥§currency1按'§ “??書寫，? fi1.5fl。畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論文） 開 題 報 告 1． –畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）?題?·， 據(jù)所查?的文獻資料，???寫 1000￥”?的文獻綜述： 前…‰車制動器 ‰車?要 成`′之一，???ˉ生?水˙的 ¨ ?，? 文?日?ˇ—?！胲噷??ˉ… 一 交 工 ， 的一 。 由 的? ，‰車的a 在 ¨的?， 此‰車的制動?統(tǒng) ?要 ¨ ˇ—。?題?o 的 動 及ˇ—? ‰車? 時， ?對車輪會 一 的?? 對其??一 ? ?制制動的一? 專 ?統(tǒng)稱為制動?統(tǒng)。為了使? 中的‰車按 駕 員的要求???制減 甚至停車；或者使 停 的‰車在各 道 條件下( 在坡道上)穩(wěn) 駐車或者在‰車下坡? 時使‰車 保持穩(wěn) 。對‰車起制動作用的只能 作用在‰車上? 與‰車? ? 相反的外?， 這些外?的大“都 ?機的 可控制的， 此‰車上必須 設(shè)一? 專 以實 上述功能。‰車制動其實就 個能量 的過?，使‰車? 時的動能 成熱能。 制動器就 制動?統(tǒng) 中最主要的`件，在 前時代制動器′為兩 ，盤式制動器 鼓式制動器。盤式制動器又稱為碟式制動器，顧名思義 由其形 得名。它由液壓控制，主要零`件 制動盤 ′泵 制動鉗 油管 。制動盤用–金鋼制造并固 在車輪上，?車輪轉(zhuǎn)動?！浔霉?在制動器的底板上固 動，制動鉗上的兩個摩擦片′別 在制動盤的兩側(cè)，′泵的?塞受油管輸送來的液壓作用，推動摩擦片壓 制動盤ˇ生摩擦制動，整個運動就好像用鉗子鉗住旋轉(zhuǎn)中的盤子，迫使它停下來一樣。盤式制動器與鼓式制動器相比較 …：1 熱穩(wěn) 性較好。 為制動摩擦襯塊的尺寸 長，其工作 ?的?積 為制動盤?積的12%～6%，故散熱性較好。2 水穩(wěn) 性較好。 為制動襯塊對盤的單 壓??，易將水擠出，同時在離心?的作用下沾水后 易 甩掉，再 上襯塊對盤的擦拭作用， ，出水后只?經(jīng)一 二次制動即能恢復(fù)正常； 鼓式制動器則?經(jīng)過十余次制動?能恢復(fù)正常制動效能。3 制動?矩與‰車前? 后退? 無 。4 在輸出同樣大“的制動?矩的條件下，盤式制動器的質(zhì)量 尺寸比鼓式要“。5 盤式的摩擦襯塊比鼓式的摩擦襯片在磨損后 易 ， 較 單， 保 容易。6 制動盤與摩擦襯塊 的 “(0.05～0.15mm)，這就 了油 ?塞的 作時 ，并使制動 動機 的? 動比 大的可能。7 制動盤的熱 會像制動鼓熱 樣 起制動 板??損 ，這 使 動 整 的設(shè)計可以 ?。盤式制動器 的 。比?對制動器 制動管 的制造要求比較?，摩擦片的 損量比較大 成本 ，由 摩擦片的?積比較“，相對摩擦的工作? 比較“， 此所?要的制動液壓要?，必須要 ? 的車 能使用使效能比較 ，故用 液壓制動?統(tǒng)時所?制動 動管 壓?比較?，一?要用￠￡ 。并盤式制動制動時比較?￥。兩個? 摩擦襯?的摩擦盤能在§currency1'上來“動， 制動器的旋轉(zhuǎn)`′。 制動時，??能在a 時 使車 停止。 壓盤上?fi的fl – 可能無 大，所以制動 ??·。在液壓制動的制動器 經(jīng) 常成?了， ???ˉ對制動性能的 ?，????制動?統(tǒng) 動?”控制?統(tǒng) 電子穩(wěn) 性控制?? 主動…‰ ??的 `′制動?統(tǒng) 中來，這?要在制動?統(tǒng)上? ??ˉ來實 這些功能，這就 制動?統(tǒng)?得 的復(fù)˙， 了液壓“ ¨ 的可能性 ? 的? 。制動?統(tǒng)再 ，功能 ??可?ˇ—，電子 的應(yīng)用 ˇ來ˇ—的大— ?！胲囍苿悠?‰車?要 成`′之一，要求熱穩(wěn) 性與水穩(wěn) 性要好；制動時要相對?穩(wěn)， 動要“；并 作為摩擦襯塊的磨損要 。目前，盤式制動器 用 轎車上， 應(yīng)用電子 的制動器 的應(yīng)用′轎車上。 在一些? 車 上，ABS（??? 車?統(tǒng)），EBD（電子制動?′?），BAS(制動 ?統(tǒng))，EBA（電子控制制動 ） 經(jīng) 的?成標?，這些制動 ?統(tǒng)大大 了‰車駕 時的 ?性。在ˇ來，由 材料與 的ˇ—，這些應(yīng)用電子 的制動器 會 的應(yīng)用′ ˉ? 的轎車上，這樣會大大的 ?ˉ駕車時的 ? a ， ˉ的生??得 的 好。文獻：[1] ??.‰車設(shè)計[M].第??.o ：機 工業(yè)出? ，2004.8[2] ?.‰車 造[M].第二?.o ：機 工業(yè)出? ，2005.1[3]余 生.‰車 [M].第??.o ：機 工業(yè)出? ，2006.5[4]? .‰車設(shè)計[M].第一?.o ： 學出? ，2001.7[5] ??，???（ ）.機 制 [M].第 ?. ： o大學出? ，2003.9 [6]韓正銅， 天煜.機 ? 設(shè)計與檢測[M].第一?.徐州：中 礦業(yè)大學出? ，2007.8 [7]過學迅（ ）.‰車設(shè)計[M].第一?.o ;?民交 出? ，2005.8 [8]周明衡.離–器 制動器[M].第一?.o ：?工工業(yè)出? ，2003.5[9]余 生.‰車 論[M].第五?.o ：機 工業(yè)出? ，2010.1[10]? .‰車制動?的 ′析與設(shè)計計算[M].o ：清華大學出? ，2004.9[11] 濮良 ，紀名剛. 機 設(shè)計[M]．? 教育出? ，2005[12] 孫桓， 作模. 機 [M]．? 教育出? ，2005[13] ?.‰車 造下 [M]第 ?.o ;機 工業(yè)出? ，2009.6[14]黃金陵.‰車車 設(shè)計[M].第一?.o ：機 工業(yè)出? ，2008.6[15]郭 琰.智能檢測式液壓制動器的?制[D].西 大學碩?學 論文，2006.4 畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論文） 開 題 報 告 2．本?題要?o或解決的問題 擬采用的?o 段（途徑）： ?o內(nèi)容： 據(jù)所選車 主要性能 ，確 盤式制動器 尺寸 ；對‰車制動?統(tǒng)的 與形式??′析；對‰車的制動?′?? ??確 ； ?設(shè)計：對制動? ˉ?? 利用率 制動器最大制動?矩??計算′析 據(jù) 資料對制動器??設(shè)計并??相 的校核；繪制零件 及 ? ?o 段：1 做好 論基礎(chǔ)??的準備；2 查?‰車專業(yè)書籍，了解‰車盤式制動器 ；3 ?練掌握Pro/E軟件；4 查? 書籍 論文，確 盤式制動器尺寸 ；5 運用Pro/E CAD 軟件繪制零件 及 ? ；6 ?與指導(dǎo)老師 專業(yè)?員的交流，探討解決遇′的疑?問題。畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論文） 開 題 報 告 指導(dǎo)教師意見：1．對“文獻綜述”的評 ：學生能夠在收集查?畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）?題相 文獻資料的基礎(chǔ)上總 ?寫文獻綜述，文獻綜述 清晰 格式 范，符–文獻綜述的特點與要求。 2．對本?題的深 及工作量的意見 對設(shè)計（論文） 果的預(yù)測：本?題深 中，工作量符–畢業(yè)設(shè)計要求；經(jīng)過認真充′的準備工作，應(yīng) 能夠?期完成畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）工作。 3. 否同意開題：√ 同意 □ 同意指導(dǎo)教師： 2016 年 03 月 13 日所在專業(yè)審查意見：同意 負責?： 2016 年 04 月 07 日 畢 業(yè) 設(shè) 計（論 文）外 文 參 考 資 料 及 譯 文譯文題目： Automobile Brake System 汽車制動系統(tǒng) 學生姓名： 學 號： 專 業(yè)： 所在學院： 指導(dǎo)教師： 職 稱： 年 01 月 12 日1說明：要求學生結(jié)合畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）課題參閱一篇以上的外文資料，并翻譯至少一萬印刷符（或譯出 3千漢字）以上的譯文。譯文原則上要求打?。ㄈ缡謱?，一律用 400字方格稿紙書寫） ，連同學校提供的統(tǒng)一封面及英文原文裝訂，于畢業(yè)設(shè)計（論文）工作開始后 2周內(nèi)完成，作為成績考核的一部分。2Automobile Brake SystemThe braking system is the most important system in cars. If the brakes fail, the result can be disastrous. Brakes are actually energy conversion devices, which convert the kinetic energy (momentum) of the vehicle into thermal energy (heat).When stepping on the brakes, the driver commands a stopping force ten times as powerful as the force that puts the car in motion. The braking system can exert thousands of pounds of pressure on each of the four brakes.Two complete independent braking systems are used on the car. They are the service brake and the parking brake.The service brake acts to slow, stop, or hold the vehicle during normal driving. They are foot-operated by the driver depressing and releasing the brake pedal. The primary purpose of the brake is to hold the vehicle stationary while it is unattended. The parking brake is mechanically operated by when a separate parking brake foot pedal or hand lever is set.The brake system is composed of the following basic components: the “master cylinder” which is located under the hood, and is directly connected to the brake pedal, converts driver foot’s mechanical pressure into hydraulic pressure. Steel “brake lines” and flexible “brake hoses” connect the master cylinder to the “slave cylinders” located at each wheel. Brake fluid, specially designed to work in extreme conditions, fills the system. “Shoes” and “pads” are pushed by the slave cylinders to contact the “drums” and “rotors” thus causing drag, which (hopefully) slows the car.The typical brake system consists of disk brakes in front and either disk or drum brakes in the rear connected by a system of tubes and hoses that link the brake at each wheel to the master cylinder .Basically, all car brakes are friction brakes. When the driver applies the brake, the control device forces brake shoes, or pads, against the rotating brake drum or disks at wheel. Friction 3between the shoes or pads and the drums or disks then slows or stops the wheel so that the car is braked.In most modern brake systems, there is a fluid-filled cylinder, called master cylinder, which contains two separate sections, there is a piston in each section and both pistons are connected to a brake pedal in the driver’s compartment. When the brake is pushed down, brake fluid is sent from the master cylinder to the wheels.At the wheels, the fluid pushes shoes, or pads, against revolving drums or disks. The friction between the stationary shoes, or pads, and the revolving drums or disks slows and stops them. This slows or stops the revolving wheels, which, in turn, slow or stop the car.The brake fluid reservoir is on top of the master cylinder. Most cars today have a transparent r reservoir so that you can see the level without opening the cover. The brake fluid level will drop slightly as the brake pads wear. This is a normal condition and no cause for concern. If the level drops noticeably over ashort period of time or goes down to about two thirds full, have your brakes checked as soon as possible. Keep the reservoir covered except for the amount of time you need to fill it and never leave a cam of brake fluid uncovered. Brake fluid must maintain a very high boiling point. Exposure to air will cause the fluid to absorb moisture which will lower that boiling point.The brake fluid travels from the master cylinder to the wheels through a series of steel tubes and reinforced rubber hoses. Rubber hoses are only used in places that require flexibility, such as at the front wheels, which move up and down as well as steer. The rest of the system uses non-corrosive seamless steel tubing with special fittings at all attachment points. If a steel line requires a repair, the best procedure is to replace the compete line. If this is not practical, a line can be repaired using special splice fittings that are made for brake system repair. You must never use copper tubing to repair a brake system. They are dangerous and illegal.Drum brakes, it consists of the brake drum, an expander, pull back springs, a stationary back plate, two shoes with friction linings, and anchor pins. The stationary back plate is secured to the flange of the axle housing or to the steering knuckle. The brake drum is mounted on the wheel 4hub. There is a clearance between the inner surface of the drum and the shoe lining. To apply brakes, the driver pushes pedal, the expander expands the shoes and presses them to the drum. Friction between the brake drum and the friction linings brakes the wheels and the vehicle stops. To release brakes, the driver release the pedal, the pull back spring retracts the shoes thus permitting free rotation of the wheels.Disk brakes, it has a metal disk instead of a drum. A flat shoe, or disk-brake pad, is located on each side of the disk. The shoes squeeze the rotatin g disk to stop the car. Fluid from the master cylinder forces the pistons to move in, toward the disk. This action pushes the friction pads tightly against the disk. The friction between the shoes and disk slows and stops it. This provides the braking action. Pistons are made of either plastic or metal. There are three general types of disk brakes. They are the floating-caliper type, the fixed-caliper type, and the sliding-caliper type. Floating-caliper and sliding-caliper disk brakes use a single piston. Fixed-caliper disk brakes have either two or four pistons.Brakes - what do they do?Brakes are designed to slow down your vehicle but probably not by the means that you think. The common misconception is that brakes squeeze against a drum or disc, and the pressure of the squeezing action is what slows you down. This in fact is only part of the equation. Brakes are essentially a mechanism to change energy types. When you're travelling at speed, your vehicle has kinetic energy. When you apply the brakes, the pads or shoes that press against the brake drum or rotor convert that energy into thermal energy via friction. The cooling of the brakes dissipates the heat and the vehicle slows down. It's the First Law of Thermodynamics, sometimes known as the law of conservation of energy. This states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted from one form to another. In the case of brakes, it is converted from kinetic energy to thermal energy.Angular force. Because of the configuration of the brake pads and rotor in a disc brake, the location of the point of contact where the friction is generated also provides a mechanical moment to resist the turning motion of the rotor. 5Thermodynamics, brake fade and drilled rotors.If you ride a motorbike or drive a race car, you're probably familiar with the term brake fade, used to describe what happens to brakes when they get too hot. A good example is coming down a mountain pass using your brakes rather than your engine to slow you down. As you start to come down the pass, the brakes on your vehicle heat up, slowing you down. But if you keep using them, the rotors or drums stay hot and get no chance to cool off. At some point they can't absorb any more heat so the brake pads heat up instead. In every brake pad there is the friction material that is held together with some sort of resin and once this starts to get too hot, the resin starts to vapourise, forming a gas. Because the gas can't stay between the pad and the rotor, it forms a thin layer between the two whilst trying to escape. The pads lose contact with the rotor, reducing the amount of friction and voila. Complete brake fade.The typical remedy for this would be to get the vehicle to a stop and wait for a few minutes. As the brake components cool down, their ability to absorb heat returns and the next time you use the brakes, they seem to work just fine. This type of brake fade was more common in older vehicles. Newer vehicles tend to have less outgassing from the brake pad compounds but they still suffer brake fade. So why? It's still to do with the pads getting too hot. With newer brake pad compounds, the pads transfer heat into the calipers once the rotors are too hot, and the brake fluid starts to boil forming bubbles in it. Because air is compressible (brake fluid isn't) when you step on the brakes, the air bubbles compress instead of the fluid transferring the motion to the brake calipers. Voila. Modern brake fade.So how do the engineers design brakes to reduce or eliminate brake fade? For older vehicles, 6you give that vapourised gas somewhere to go. For newer vehicles, you find some way to cool the rotors off more effectively. Either way you end up with cross-drilled or grooved brake rotors. While grooving the surface may reduce the specific heat capacity of the rotor, its effect is negligible in the grand scheme of things. However, under heavy braking once everything is hot and the resin is vapourising, the grooves give the gas somewhere to go, so the pad can continue to contact the rotor, allowing you to stop.The whole understanding of the conversion of energy is critical in understanding how and why brakes do what they do, and why they are designed the way they are. If you've ever watched Formula 1 racing, you'll see the front wheels have huge scoops inside the wheel pointing to the front (see the picture above). This is to duct air to the brake components to help them cool off because in F1 racing, the brakes are used viciously every few seconds and spend a lot of their time trying to stay hot. Without some form of cooling assistance, the brakes would be fine for the first few corners but then would fade and become near useless by half way around the track. Rotor technology.If a brake rotor was a single cast chunk of steel, it would have terrible heat dissipation properties and leave nowhere for the vapourised gas to go. Because of this, brake rotors are typically modified with all manner of extra design features to help them cool down as quickly as possible as well as dissapate any gas from between the pads and rotors. The diagram here shows some examples of rotor types with the various modification that can be done to them to help them create more friction, disperse more heat more quickly, and ventilate gas. From left to right. 1: Basic brake rotor. 2: Grooved rotor - the grooves give more bite and thus more friction as they pass between the brake pads They also allow gas to vent from between the pads and the rotor. 3: 7Grooved, drilled rotor - the drilled holes again give more bite, but also allow air currents (eddies) to blow through the brake disc to assist cooling and ventilating gas. 4: Dual ventilated rotors - same as before but now with two rotors instead of one, and with vanes in between them to generate a vortex which will cool the rotors even further whilst trying to actually 'suck' any gas away from the pads.An important note about drilled rotors: Drilled rotors are typically only found (and to be used on) race cars. The drilling weakens the rotors and typically results in microfractures to the rotor. On race cars this isn't a problem - the brakes are changed after each race or weekend. But on a road car, this can eventually lead to brake rotor failure - not what you want. I only mention this because of a lot of performance suppliers will supply you with drilled rotors for street cars without mentioning this little fact. Big rotors.How does all this apply to bigger brake rotors - a common sports car upgrade? Sports cars and race bikes typically have much bigger discs or rotors than your average family car. A bigger rotor has more material in it so it can absorb more heat. More material also means a larger surface area for the pads to generate friction with, and better heat dissipation. Larger rotors also put the point of contact with the pads further away from the axle of rotation. This provides a larger mechanical advantage to resist the turning of the rotor itself. To best illustrate how this works, imagine a spinning steel disc on an axle in front of you. If you clamped your thumbs either side of the disc close to the middle, your thumbs would heat up very quickly and you'd need to push pretty hard to generate the friction required to slow the disc down. Now imagine doing the same thing but clamping your thumbs together close to the outer rim of the disc. The disc will stop spinning much more quickly and your thumbs won't get as hot. That, in a nutshell explains the whole principle behind why bigger rotors = better stopping power.The different types of brake.All brakes work by friction. Friction causes heat which is part of the kinetic energy conversion process. How they create friction is down to the various designs. 8Bicycle wheel brakesI thought I'd cover these because they're about the most basic type of functioning brake that you can see, watch working, and understand. The construction is very simple and out-in-the-open. A pair of rubber blocks are attached to a pair of calipers which are pivoted on the frame. When you pull the brake cable, the pads are pressed against the side or inner edge of the bicycle wheel rim. The rubber creates friction, which creates heat, which is the transfer of kinetic energy that slows you down. There's only really two types of bicycle brake - those on which each brake shoe shares the same pivot point, and those with two pivot points. If you can look at a bicycle brake and not understand what's going on, the rest of this page is going to cause you a bit of a headache. Drum brakes - single leading edgeThe next, more complicated type of brake is a drum brake. The concept here is simple. Two semicircular brake shoes sit inside a spinning drum which is attached to the wheel. When you apply the brakes, the shoes are expanded outwards to press against the inside of the drum. This creates friction, which creates heat, which transfers kinetic energy, which slows you down. The example below shows a simple model. The actuator in this case is the blue elliptical object. As that is twisted, it forces against the brake shoes and in turn forces them to expand outwards. The return spring is what pulls the shoes back away from the surface of the brake drum when the brakes are released. See the later section for more information on actuator types. 9The “single leading edge“ refers to the number of parts of the brake shoe which actually contact the spinning drum. Because the brake shoe pivots at one end, simple geometry means that the entire brake pad cannot contact the brake drum. The leading edge is the term given to the part of the brake pad which does contact the drum, and in the case of a single leading edge system, it's the part of the pad closest to the actuator. This diagram (right) shows what happens as the brakes are applied. The shoes are pressed outwards and the part of the brake pad which first contacts the drum is the leading edge. The action of the drum spinning actually helps to draw the brake pad outwards because of friction, which causes the brakes to “bite“. The trailing edge of the brake shoe makes virtually no contact with the drum at all. This simple geometry explains why it's really difficult to stop a vehicle rolling backwards if it's equipped only with single leading edge drum brakes. As the drum spins backwards, the leading edge of the shoe becomes the trailing edge and thus doesn't bite. Drum brakes - double leading edgeThe drawbacks of the single leading edge style of drum brake can be eliminated by adding a second return spring and turning the pivot point into a second actuator. Now when the brakes are applied, the shoes are pressed outwards at two points. So each brake pad now has one leading and one trailing edge. Because there are two brake shoes, there are two brake pads, which means 10there are two leading edges. Hence the name double leading edge. Disc brakesSome background. Disc brakes were invented in 1902 and patented by Birmingham car maker Frederick William Lanchester. His original design had two discs which pressed against each other to generate friction and slow his car down. It wasn't until 1949 that disc brakes appeared on a production car though. The obscure American car builder Crosley made a vehicle called the Hotshot which used the more familiar brake rotor and calipers that we all know and love today. His original design was a bit crap though - the brakes lasted less than a year each. Finally in 1954 Citro?n launched the way-ahead-of-its-time DS which had the first modern incarnation of disc brakes along with other nifty stuff like self-levelling suspension, semi-automatic gearbox, active headlights and composite body panels. (all things which were re-introduced as “new“ by car makers in the 90’s). Disc brakes are an order of magnitude better at stopping vehicles than drum brakes, which is why you'll find disc brakes on the front of almost every car and motorbike built today. Sportier vehicles with higher speeds need better brakes to slow them down, so you'll likely see disc brakes on the rear of those too.The brake system assemblies are actuated by mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic devices. The mechanical leverage is used in the parking brakes fitted in all automobile. When the brake pedal is depressed, the rod pushes the piston of brake master cylinder which presses the fluid. The fluid flows through the pipelines to the power brake unit and then to the wheel cylinder. The fluid pressure expands the cylinder pistons thus pressing the shoes to the drum or disk. If the 11pedal is released, the piston returns to the initialposition, the pull back springs retract the shoes, the fluid is forced back to the master cylinder and braking ceases.The primary purpose of the parking brake is to hold the vehicle stationary while it is unattended. The parking brake is mechanically operated by the driver when a separate parking braking hand lever is set. The hand brake is normally used when the car has already stopped. A lever is pulled and the rear brakes are approached and locked in the “on” position. The car may now be left without fear of its rolling away. When the driver wants to move the car again, he must press a button before the lever can be released. The hand brake must also be able to stop the car in the event of the foot brake failing. For this reason, it is separate from the foot brake uses cable or rods instead of the hydraulic system.Anti-lock Brake SystemAnti-lock brake systems make braking safer and more convenient, Anti-lock brake systems modulate brake system hydraulic pressure to prevent the brakes from locking and the tires from skidding on slippery pavement or during a panic stop.Anti-lock brake systems have been used on aircraft for years, and some domestic car were offered with an early form of anti-lock braking in late 1990’s. Recently, several automakers have introduced more sophisticated anti-lock system. Investigations in Europe, where anti-lock brakin g systems have been available for a decade, have led one manufacture to state that the number of traffic accidents could be reduced by seven and a half percent if all cars had anti-lock brakes. So some sources predict that all cars will offer anti-lock brakes to improve the safety of the car.Anti-lock systems modulate brake application force several times per second to hold the tires at a controlled amount of slip; all systems accomplish this in basically the same way. One or more speed sensors generate alternating current signal whose frequency increases with the wheel rotational speed. An electronic control unit continuously monitors these signals and if the frequency of a signal drops too rapidly indicating that a wheel is about to lock, the control unit instructs a modula