Effect of ingredient particle sizes on surface roughness characteristics of PKS brake lining

R. S. Fono-Tamo, Jen Tien-Chien

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Abstract

Besides pad failure due to thermal damage, brake pads can also experience mechanical damage when they are exposed to a corrosive environment. A typical solid surface like a brake pad has a complex structure and complex properties depending on the nature of the solids, the method of surface preparation, and the interaction between the surface and the environment. The surface roughness of a novel friction linings prepared using varying palm kernel shell (PKS) powder particle sizes (0.300 mm, 0.425 mm and 0.850 mm) as reinforcements were investigated. The investigation was conducted via a profilometer dotted with a diamond stylus at a speed of 0.2 m/s. The determined surface roughness parameters values were in ascending order with S0.300 having the least values (Ra = 6.13 μm, Rz = 24.04 μm and Rmax = 37.3 μm) and S0.850 having the highest values (Ra = 9.87 μm, Rz = 37.28 μm and Rmax = 53.8 μm). This was an indication that the roughness characteristics of the reinforced composite were associated to the presence of pulverised PKS particles. It was further shown by scanning electron microscope images that pulverised PKS grain sizes by nature have rough surfaces and this could have contributed to the overall roughness behaviour of the reinforced composite since PKS was the only ingredient with grain size variation in the experiment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmerging Technologies; Materials
Subtitle of host publicationGenetics to Structures; Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791858493
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017 - Tampa, United States
Duration: 3 Nov 20179 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume14

Conference

ConferenceASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTampa
Period3/11/179/11/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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