Squeal analysis of gyroscopic disc brake system based on finite element method

In this paper, the dynamic instability of a car brake system with a rotating disc in contact with two stationary pads is studied. For actual geometric approximation, the disc is modeled as a hat-disc shape structure by the finite element method. From a coordinate transformation between the reference and moving coordinate systems, the contact kinematics between the disc and pads is described. The corresponding gyroscopic matrix of the disc is constructed by introducing the uniform planar-mesh method. The dynamic instability of a gyroscopic non-conservative brake system is numerically predicted with respect to system parameters. The results show that the squeal propensity for rotation speed depends on the vibration modes participating in squeal modes. Moreover, it is highlighted that the negative slope of friction coefficient takes an important role in generating squeal in the in-plane torsion mode of the disc. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.