Thermal Stress and Thermal Expansion in a brake drum of heavy commercial truck

• Main Author: HEMCHI, THA WEESAK
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10264/1/2008%20-%20Thermal%20Stress%20And%20Thermal%20Expansion%20In%20A%20Brake%20Drum%20Of%20Heavy%20Commercial%20Truck.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10264/

Brake system is one of crucial system in automobile. Poor performance or brake failure will cause fatal accident especially for heavy transportation vehicle. Excessive thermal stresses may canse undesirable effects on the material of brake drum that eventually lead to the initiation of a crack. T...