EuroBrake 2023 Program Preview
STANSTEAD, U.K. — This year’s EuroBrake will be discussing the key topics for the braking industry.
The 2023 Strategy Panel will be discussing the “Effects of the EU7 regulation on brake system development and homologation”.
Below are just some of the technical presentations that will feature in EuroBrake 2023. The full program will be launched over the next few weeks.
NVH
- New braking technologies for the future mobility: brake e-pedal (by wire), hybrid and electro-mechanical actuation systems
- Brake corner module digital twin in half car level for moan noise
- Blocked forces methods in the braking system NVH development
- Effects of disc thickness variation and out of roundness on electromechanical brakes
- The influence of disks deformation on the stability of an aircraft braking system
Testing
- From lab to dyno to car: transfer learning for brake NVH
- Comparison of front and rear axle vehicle emissions – how brake particles influence the measurements
- Investigations on the influence of performance load on the tribological properties of coated brake discs
- Brake noise subjective rating prediction through machine learning algorithms
- Variability of laboratory brake emissions measurements using ISO 5725 statistical methods
Rail
- Investigations of degraded adhesion conditions and interrelated methods for improving braking performance using the advanced TrainLab (aTL)
- Downscaling strategy for railway disc-brake wear testing using a thermomechanical approach
- The adaptive wheel slide protection journey: from concept to operational service
- Steps taken to validate the functions underlying reproducible braking distance (RBD) and their practical benefits in day-to-day rail operations
- Possible rules evolution for railway WSP watchdog: safety impact and mitigation.
Fundamentals
- Investigation of the influence of tribo-chemical processes on boundary layer dynamics in tribological high-load contacts
- Implementation of radiation effects in thermo-mechanical coning model of a brake disc
- An analysis of brake emissions measurements, tribological behaviour and dynamometer performance in cu-free and cu-full friction materials
- Brake pad moisture absorption kinetics and its influence on pad compression strain/modulus vs. ISO ‘compressibility’
- Study of microstructural transformations and wear of brake discs in relation to particle emissions during automotive braking tests
Emissions
- A transient model for thermal localizations in brake discs, promoting wear and particle emissions
- High-performance cold spray coating for particle emission reduction of grey cast iron brake discs
- Development of an active brake dust particle filter system to reduce brake dust emissions
- Measuring a vehicle’s real-world brake wear particle emissions on public roads
- Brake wear particle emission measurements based on real driving cycles in several urban areas in a laboratory testing
- Brake system and components
- Investigation into the viability of a full-composite brake pad, where the conventional steel backing plate is replaced with a polymer composite alternative
- Vehicle motion management – cracking the complexity code of vehicle motion
- Investigation on brake drag throughout the brake development process
- Regenerative braking characterization for BEV in Los Angeles city traffic route
- Investigation of the relationship between passenger comfort and body behaviour during autonomous braking
Formulations
- High performance benzoxazine resins as brake pad friction material binder
- In situ characterization of the oxidation mechanisms of iron based sulfides and composites
- New cost-efficient materials for sulfide-based friction additives
Sustainable friction recycling
- Study on the significant reduction of non-exhaust particulate matter emissions of a commercial friction material through the addition of metallurgical slag from a basic oxygen furnace
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