Designing a composite material for use in brake applications

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 475-479, Issue II, 2005, Pages 1109-1112

  Lo, Jason ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite brake rotors; Hybrid composites; Metal matrix composites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BRAKES; HEAT LOSSES; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROTORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VEHICLES;

ALUMINUM COMPOSITES; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION (CTE); COMPOSITE BRAKE ROTORS; METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 17044372803     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-960-1.1109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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