LIST OF CONTENTS

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ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF TABLES vi
LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF SYMBOLS & ABBREVIATIONS viii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 GENERAL 1
1.2 PRINCIPLE OF BRAKES 1
1.3 CONSTRUCTION 2
1.4 TYPES OF BRAKES 2
1.5 DISC BRAKE 2
1.6 COMPONENTS OF DISC BRAKE 3
1.6.1 Caliper 3
1.6.2 Piston 4
1.6.3 Disc 4
1.6.4 Brake pad 4
1.7 FAILURE MODES OF DISC BRAKE 5
1.8 MATERIAL USED IN DISC BRAKE 6
1.8.1 Cast iron 6
1.8.2 The material properties of cast iron 7
1.9 PROBLEMS IN THE EXISTING BRAKE 8
DISC
1.10 NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BRAKE 9
DISC
1.11 PROPOSED MATERIAL FOR DISC BRAKE 10
COMPONENTS
1.12 METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE 10

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1.12.1 Aluminium matrix Composite 10

1.12.2 Properties of Aluminium Metal Matrix 11
Composite Material
1.13 MICRO PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT 12
1.14 PROPOSED DESIGN FOR DISC BRAKE 12
COMPONENTS
1.14.1 Aerodynamics of vented brake discs 12
1.14.2 Alternate ways to minimize the 13
problems
1.15 OBJECTIVE OF THE MATERIAL 13
SELECTION
1.16 OBJECTIVE OF THE DESIGN 14
DEVELOPMENT
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 15
2.1 INTRODUCTION 15
2.2 DESIGN VALIDATION OF BRAKE DISC 15
2.3 MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR BRAKE 21
DISC
2.4 SUMMARY 28
3 OBJECTIVE AND METHODOLOGY 29
3.1 OBJECTIVE 29
3.2 METHODOLOGY OF PROJECT 30
3.3 PROBLEM DESCRIPTION 31
4 CONCLUSION AND WORK SCHEDULE FOR 32
PHASE-II
4.1 CONCLUSION 32
4.2 WORK SCHEDULE FOR PHASE II 33
REFERENCES 34