Squeal propensity characterization of brake lining materials through friction noise measurements

• Published in: Mechanical systems and signal processing Vol. 128; pp. 216 - 228
• Main Authors: Lazzari, A., Tonazzi, D., Massi, F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Automobile industry; Automotive engineering; Brake lining materials; Brake linings; Braking systems; Dynamic stability; Excitation; Friction; Friction instability; Friction noise; Noise; Noise measurement; Performance indices; Squeal; Squeal; Friction instability; Friction noise; Brake lining materials
• ISSN: 0888-3270; 1096-1216
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.03.034

•Measurements of friction noise coming from the sliding contact in a dedicated tribometer.•Characterization of squeal propensity for brake lining materials.•Parametrical analysis and effect of the main system parameters on the friction noise.•Strong correlation between measured friction noise and squeal propensity on a full brake system. Disc brake systems are a technology widely adopted within the automotive and rail industry, especially when high performance is needed. The interaction between the disc and the pads is responsible for friction-induced vibrations, leading often to squeal noise emission. Squeal vibrations are generated by the onset of an unstable mode, which is triggered by an external excitation. Local phenomena occurring at the contact interface, and resulting in friction noise, can be responsible of the dynamic excitation triggering the squeal instability. This work proposes a new approach for characterizing friction lining materials, by measuring the friction noise coming from the contact between different pad materials and a disc rotor, in order to quantify and compare the attitude of materials to trigger squeal. Then, a parametrical analysis has been carried out with the aim of highlighting the influence of the main parameters on the friction noise. When testing the same set of materials on a full brake disc system, the measured friction noise indexes resulted to be strongly correlated with the squeal occurrence, validating the proposed characterization method for the squeal propensity of lining materials.