Friction Material Composites: Materials Perspective

✍ Scribed by K. L. Sundarkrishnaa (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 346
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 171
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Friction Material Composites is the first of the five volumes which strongly educates and updates engineers and other professionals in braking industries, research and test labs. It explains besides the formulation of design processes and its complete manufacturing input. This book gives an idea of mechanisms of friction and how to control them by designing .The book is useful for designers of automotive, rail and aero industries for designing the brake systems effectively with the integration of friction material composite design which is critical. It clearly emphasizes the driving safety and how serious designers should select the design input. The significance of friction material component like brake pad or a liner as an integral part of the brake system of vehicles is explained. AFM pictures at nanolevel illustrate broadly the explanations given.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Frictional Force—Introduction....Pages 1-61
Design Essentials—Friction Material Composite System....Pages 63-85
Rolling Motion....Pages 87-114
Formulation Design....Pages 115-172
Design of Experiments....Pages 173-183
BFMC—Processing....Pages 185-252
BFMC—Formulations and Processes....Pages 253-265
Laws and Rules Governing Friction Materials....Pages 267-270
Total Quality Management....Pages 271-289
Test Requirements in an Automotive BFMC Design....Pages 291-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-329

✦ Subjects

Automotive Engineering;Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials;Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods;Nanotechnology;Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films