Fabrication, testing and thermal analysis of metal matrix composite brake drum

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 339-359

  Natarajan, N ^a   Vijayarangan, S ^b   Rajendran, I ^a  

^a BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DR MAHALINGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brake drum; Brake torque; Dynamic friction coefficient; Dynamic model; Metal matrix composite; MMC; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; FABRICATION; FRICTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

ALUMINIUM MATRIX COMPOSITE; BRAKE DRUM; DYNAMIC FRICTION COEFFICIENT;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 34250810194     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2007.013648     Document Type: Article

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