Design of a lightweight automotive brake disc using finite element and Taguchi techniques

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Grieve, D G ^a   Barton, D C ^a   Crolla, D A ^a   Buckingham, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Rover Cars Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Lightweight automotive brake disc; Parametric sensitivity study; Taguchi analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CAST IRON; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LIGHTWEIGHT AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE DISKS; TAGUCHI ANALYSIS;

BRAKES;

EID: 0032314628     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407981525939     Document Type: Article

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