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1. Introduction
that both schools of thought should be considered and reported that the
excitation of brake squeal was influenced by both the P us. speed and the
structural instability factors.
The p us. speed, the instability, and the combined P us. speed/instability
theories accurately describe the conditions under which brake noise might
occur, but they do not clearly define the physical phenomenon which
causes brake noise.
In this paper, a simple “hammering model” for noise and vibration
excitation is presented and discussed.
the mode of applying the brake may also vary from a slow, steady decelera-
tion to hard, quick applications; or it may even be a combination of fast
and slow deceleration. Thus brake noise may be dependent not only upon
the system design but also upon the way that the brake is applied.
recovers from this buckling, a wave of detachment sweeps across the contact
region, with a movement similar to that of a caterpillar. We believe that this
sweeping wave of detachment produces the same effect as a series of tiny
hammers, which can provide additional energy for exciting the components
into noise or vibration. Therefore the stick-slip motion can be viewed
simply as a secondary hammering mechanism.
It was mentioned earlier that the use of noise insulators was gaining
popul~ity for reducing disc brake squeal. A typical noise ~sulator consists
of an elastomer of high damping capacity, sandwiched between two thin stiff
steel plates with certain adhesives. This sandwich assembly is then attached
to the back of the steel backing plate of the disc pad. It has been reported
that the shearing action of the high damping elastomer between the plates
during braking is responsible for reducing the brake squeal [ 13, 141. We
believe that the efficiency of the noise insulator can also be equated to its
effectiveness in minimizing the hammering action between the disc pad and
the caliper structure.
References
1 M. R. North, Disc brake squeal-a theoretical model, MIRA Research Rep., 197215.
1972.
2 M. R. North, Disc brake squeal, Proc. Conf. on Brake of Road Vehicles. 1976,
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1976, pp. 169 - 176.
3 M. R. North, A survey of published work on vibration in braking systems, MIRA
Bull., 4, 1969.
4 A. M. Lang and H. Smales, An Approach to the Solution of Disc Brake Vibration
Problems, Paper C37/1983, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1983. pp. 223 -
231.
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