The Challenges of Measuring Residual Brake Drag using Different Test Apparatuses and Methods to Mitigate Inaccuracies HL Mando

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Retting, Joshua, author.

Conference Name:

Brake Colloquium & Exhibition - 43rd Annual (2025-09-21 : Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2025

Summary:

As automotive manufacturers have tried to set themselves apart by reducing emissions, and increasing vehicle range/fuel economy by eliminating any energy loss from inefficiencies on the vehicle, the brake corners have been an area of interest to reduce off-brake torque to zero in all conditions. Caliper designers can revise some attributes like piston seal grooves, and pad retraction features to reduce drag, but even if a caliper is designed perfectly in all aspects, trying to measure it in a reliable and repeatable manner proves to be difficult. There are many ways to measure brake drag all with ranging complexity. Some of the simplest measurements are the most repeatable, but it excludes the majority of the vehicle inputs. The most vehicle representative testing requires the most complex equipment and comes with the most challenges. This paper will focus mainly on the different ways residual brake drag can be measured, the benefits and challenges to each of them, the problems trying to measure zero, and what future measurement methods might look like

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Publisher Number:

2025-01-0343

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license