Thermal stress and Thermal expansion in a brake drum of heavy commercial truck

• Main Author: Thaweesak Hemchi, Thaweesak
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/1001/1/THAWEESAK_HEMCHI.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/1001/

This dissertation investigates the thermal stress and thermal expansion develops in a brake drum of heavy commercial truck due to temperature distribution in severe braking condition. The analysis is done by simulate the temperature distribution and the thermal stress distribution within the drum ma...