Ventilated Brake Rotor Air Flow Investigation

971033

02/24/1997

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Air flow through the passages of a Chrysler LH platform ventilated brake rotor is measured. Modifications to the production rotor's vent inlet geometry are prototyped and measured in addition to the production rotor. Vent passage air flow is compared to existing correlations. The inlet modifications show significantly improved vent air flow, over the production rotor. The result improvement in heat transfer and rotor cooling is reported. These benefits in performance should be attainable at very low increases in production cost.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/971033
Pages
12
Citation
Hudson, M., and Ruhl, R., "Ventilated Brake Rotor Air Flow Investigation," SAE Technical Paper 971033, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/971033.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
971033
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English