Computer-Aided Design Of Brakes

In this work, computer software that is user-friendly for the analysis and design of brakes was developed. This was done using Microsoft Visual Basic object-oriented programming language. In designing the software, the various classes of brakes were considered. The mathematical expressions that govern the relationship between force, torque, pressure, heat generated rate and energy were assembled and carefully programmed. To enhance the ability to visually display and interpret solutions, graphical features were incorporated in the software. A spectrum of benchmark problems were used to test the software's robustness, accuracy and efficiency. The results show that the software is highly accurate, efficient and robust. The usage of the software greatly increases the accuracy, and reduces the complexity and time spent in the analysis and design of brakes.