Thermal and Structural Study of a Brake Disc Using COMSOL

This study presents an analysis of the thermal phenomena operating in a brake disc in service (high temperature amplitudes, high thermal gradients between disc/pad friction, etc.). From this analysis, two numerical modeling of the pad are proposed which are based on relevant hypotheses. This modeling uses the finite element method which makes it possible to first solve the problem of heat transfer, due to the friction of the pads on the disc.