Numerical and experimental analysis of the heat transfer process in a railway disc brake tested on a dynamometer stand

Abstract The effectiveness of railway brakes is highly dependent on the thermal condition brake disc and friction linings. An effective research method for heat transfer process in was computer simulation experimental tests a full-size dynamometric test bench. A two-dimensional, axially symmetric numerical model transient conductivity presented. Appropriate boundary conditions problem were applied, describing generated discharged to environment. solved using finite-element method. This article presents exemplary results temperature calculations obtained carried out two types discs.