Systematic brake development process and optimized robust design of front axle kinematics in order to reduce oscillation sensitivity

Albert Schlecht, Bernd Heissing, Jan Muenchhoff

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Abstract

Brake judder is about oscillations excited by brake application, which are generated in the contact area between brake pad and brake disc and are transmitted by the elements of the suspension to body and steering system. The driver perceives these perturbations as brake pedal pulsations, steering wheel rotational and body vibrations. The evaluation of a suspension concerning brake judder often takes place for the first time in road tests, since established simulation processes with a high significance concerning ride comfort are missing. At such a late moment necessary modifications in the development process are only hardly possible and very expensive. For avoiding brake judder a systematic development process is needed for brake and suspension. Each one can separately be improved in measurably borders so that their assembly is free of cold brake judder. The present paper shows appropriate test and simulation methods to achieve this.

Original languageEnglish
JournalSAE Technical Papers
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventSAE 2009 Brake Colloquium and Exhibition, BRAKE 2009 - Tampa, FL, United States
Duration: 11 Oct 200911 Oct 2009

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