Abstract

Abstract: The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. A brake disc, usually made of cast iron or ceramic composites (including carbon, Kevlar and silica), is connected to the wheel and/or the axle. Functionally graded structures are those in which the volume fractions of two or more materials are varied continuously as a function of position along certain dimension(s) of the structure to achieve a required function. In this thesis, analytical investigation is to be done for functionally graded disc brake subjected to internal pressure. Different models of the disc brake are considered i.e disc brake with 40, 50, 60 holes.In this thesis, comparison is to be done by varying materials for disc brake, the materials are Cast Iron, FGM 1(Al2O3-Al) and FGM 2 (Zr-Al). FGM’s will be considered for material variation profile through the thickness for k = 2, k = 4 and k = 6 .Theoretical calculations are to be done to calculate the material properties for each layer up to 10 layers for FGM’S. Structural analysis and thermal analysis are to be done on these three models by varying materials. 3D modeling is to be done in Pro/Engineer and analysis is to be done in Ansys.