Design synthesis and structural optimisation of a lightweight, monobloc cast iron brake disc with fingered hub

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dc.contributor.authorTopouris, Stergios
dc.contributor.authorTirovic, Marko
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-17T19:18:54Z
dc.date.available2019-01-17T19:18:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-23
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on generating a monobloc fingered hub (top-hat) disc design, aiming at reducing disc mass but maintaining rotor thermal capacity, while also improving heat dissipation characteristics. The analyses and tests demonstrated that such a design is possible to achieve, with mass reduction of just over 9%. The activities included research into cast iron modelling, which gave very important insights into the limits of mechanical performance under bending. Initial finite element analyses enabled considerable progress to be made towards establishing a baseline design, but only through shape optimization and topology optimization procedures was the full potential of the design accomplished. Shape optimization facilitated the reduction of maximum principal stress by 32%, considerably improving disc torsional strength with practically no increase in mass. The safety factor in torsion achieved a value of 3.57. Topology optimization provided further, although small, mass reduction (1.5%) while maintaining low stress levels.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationTopouris S, Tirovic M. Design synthesis and structural optimisation of a lightweight, monobloc cast iron brake disc with fingered hub. Engineering Optimization, Volume 51, Issue 10, 2019, pp. 1710-1726en_UK
dc.identifier.cris22579644
dc.identifier.issn0305-215X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2018.1542692
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13829
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectBrake discen_UK
dc.subjectcast iron propertiesen_UK
dc.subjectfinite element analysisen_UK
dc.subjectshape optimizationen_UK
dc.subjecttopology optimizationen_UK
dc.titleDesign synthesis and structural optimisation of a lightweight, monobloc cast iron brake disc with fingered huben_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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