Investigation on braking performance and wear mechanism of full-carbon/ceramic braking pairs

Xu Ma, Shangwu Fan, Haodong Sun, Chenghua Luan, Juanli Deng, Litong Zhang, Laifei Cheng

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Abstract

In this work, the braking performance of full-carbon/ceramic pairs that are suitable for high-speed trains and automobiles was examined. After braking, the morphologies of the friction surface were observed via SEM and the sub-surface of the brake pads were characterized by FIB and TEM. According to the results, introducing a ductile phase like FeSi2 into the brake pads was beneficial for decreasing the coefficient of friction (COF) to an acceptable range and effectively improved the wear resistance. When braking under high pressure, the friction surface of the FeSi2 modified C/C–SiC pads were maintained while that of the virgin C/C–SiC pads were totally destroyed, the wear resistance of the former was up to an order of magnitude higher than the latter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105981
JournalTribology International
Volume142
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Brake
  • Friction coefficient
  • Full-carbon/ceramic pair
  • Wear rate

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