Dynamic analysis of a disc brake under frictional and thermomechanical internal loading

The study of the vibratory response of a mechanical system as complex as a disc brake needs to consider the complexity of the problem induced by the coupling of tribological, thermomechanical and dynamical effects. Experimental consideration are discussed here for two set ups at the full scale of the disc brake and at a local scale focussed on the third body interface. A numerical model with thermomechanical and dynamical couplings is then presented, followed by a substantial discussion.