Numerical and experimental investigations on brake particle dispersion in the flow generated by a train in an underground station

Analysis of the Test Bench Design Influence on the Cooling Performance of a Rail Vehicle Brake Disc

“…To assess this influence, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can help to isolate this effect from others on the disc (for example inevitable geometry imperfections in production, material imperfections, test bench geometry imperfections etc.). As a numerical method, a CFD simulation is suitable for observation and evaluation of concomitant effects, as suggested by many authors, for example [11][12][13][14]. The best metric to compare the results of the simulations seems to be the same as is used for experiments -averaging temperature on the friction surfaces of the disc [15][16][17].…”