Numerical analysis of automotive disc brake squeal: a review

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 207-231

  Ouyang, Huajiang ^a   Nack, Wayne ^b   Yuan, Yongbin ^c   Chen, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

automotive disc brake; complex eigenvalue analysis; contact; friction; modelling; noise; numerical methods; squeal; the finite element method; transient analysis; vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748539276     PISSN: 14791471     EISSN: 1479148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijvnv.2005.007524     Document Type: Article

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