Abstract
This article studies the non-linear dynamic behaviour of a disc brake system during squealing induced by a disc doublet mode. The disc brake system is modelled as a rotating annular plate in contact with annular sector-friction material. In order to investigate the possibility of detachment over the contact area between the disc surface and friction material during squealing, the lift-off condition is applied to this model. Also, the non-linearity arising from the contact stiffness is considered on the basis of the load–deflection test for the friction material. Numerical results show that the vibration after the onset of squeal reaches the limit cycle. In the steady-squealing response, several interesting phenomena are observed: the stick-slip and lift-off over the specific regime of the contact area. It is shown that the dynamic surface pattern rotates due to the forward travelling wave of the squealing surface. However, the mark of the surface pattern does not seem to move because the speed of the travelling wave fluctuates at a double frequency of squeal vibration.
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