A Transient Heat Transfer Analysis of Formula SAE Brakes to Determine the Effects of Various Geometries on Brake Fluid Vaporization
Description
This paper explores to mitigate the issue of Formula SAE brakes vaporizing by creating a computational model to determine when the fluid may boil given a velocity profile and brake geometry. The paper explores various parameters and assumptions and how they may lead to error determining when the brake fluid will vaporize. Common assumptions such as a constant convection coefficient are questioned throughout the paper and compared to methods requiring higher computational power. Throughout this model, a significant dependence on the heat partition factor is found on the final steady state temperature of the brake fluid is found, and a sensitivity analysis is performed to determine the effect of its variation.
Date Created
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2023-05
Agent
- Author (aut): Westerhoff, Andrew
- Thesis director: Kwon, Beomjin
- Committee member: Milcarek, Ryan
- Contributor (ctb): Barrett, The Honors College
- Contributor (ctb): Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program