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KEYWORDS – disc brake, piezo brake pad prototype, clamping force, effective contact
point, braking process
ABSTRACT – In this paper a measuring device is described, which enables measuring the
clamping forces acting during a braking process in the friction area between pad and disc.
Thus the amount and the effective contact point of the clamping force are determined finger-
and piston-sided at the same time. State of research is the measurement of the distribution of
clamping forces by means of pressure indication films. However, these are destroyed by shear
stress or friction and in this way they can be only used with a stationary brake disc, that is,
under no circumstances during a braking process.
An analysis of the force lines in a caliper shows that the preferred position for the
measurement of the clamping and tangential forces can be found in the friction material of the
brake pads, since all forces which contribute to the braking process must be supported by the
brake pad. As soon as these forces are induced in the back plate of the brake pad, a correct
measurement becomes almost impossible because of the multitude of contact points with the
caliper.
For the measuring device four slim-line piezo quartz sensors are integrated in an original
brake pad. The slim design of the sensors enables the measurement with the same thickness of
the pad like the original ones.
The piezo quartz prototype was applied and tested in a standard brake on a brake test rig. The
measurements show the shifting of the point of application of load related to the back plate of
the brake pad during a braking process. The consideration of the point of application of load
of the clamping force by a stationary brake disc causes a radial shifting to the brake disc’s
outer edge (this is primarily adjudged to the expansion of the caliper). During a braking
process the acting tangential force causes a shifting in tangential direction. By reason of
movement of the caliper during a braking process a visual measurement method was
developed, which enables recording the movement of brake pads.
The chance of measuring the amount and the contact point of the piston- and finger-sided
clamping force opens a window for understanding the braking process more in detail, e.g. of
the emergence and development of the wear conditions of the pads and the brake disc.
Furthermore, measurements are carried out in order to analyze the influences on the clamping
force in a disc brake (e.g. of the hydraulic pressure and the pressure rate, of the wheel’s speed
and of the disc’s temperature).
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TECHNICAL PAPER – INTRODUCTION, MOTIVATION AND STATE OF THE ART
In this paper a measuring device is introduced which for the first time enables measuring the
clamping forces acting during a braking process in the friction area between pad and disc.
Here the amount and the contact point are determined finger- and piston-sided at the same
time.
The motivation for measuring these quantities is that a lot of processes in the brake are
unknown. This is reflected in the large number of research and development papers as e.g.
papers about braking torque and variations of the friction coefficient, emergence caused by
expansion of DTV (e.g. 14), squeal (e.g. 8), brake judder (e.g. 22), emergence of Hot Spots
(16) and comfort and performance features as well. In many approaches one cautiously
approaches processes during a braking process by simulations of the wheel brake, e.g. (13),
who researches the emergence of Disc Thickness Variation (DTV) by means of a multi-body
model. The input of the simulation model is generally the brake’s clamping force as a causal
effective quantity. Thus, the information about the clamping force can serve to validate the
simulation model. However, as both the amount and the point of application of load of the
clamping force are not available, the piston force (the differences between piston and
clamping force will be discussed later in this paper) is generally used instead.
For future electromechanical vehicle brakes, according to (15), the measurement of the
clamping force in a force measuring pad, for example, would also be a missing “puzzle piece”
in the control circuit of electromechanical braking systems till now. It would not be necessary
any more to estimate the braking torque by complex models for reconstruction of the braking
force.
The main components of a disc brake are the brake pads, the brake disc and the caliper (Fig.
1).
brake disc
direction of rotation
brake pads z
caliper
FC
FC y
p brake
FT pad
x
AP
µ
z ra
brake disc
x brake disc
y
Fig. 2: Forces acting on a disc brake (3, 20, 21)
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From the hydraulic pressure p and the piston surface AP results the clamping force FC. The
latter causes the tangential force FT = FC ⋅ 2µ on both friction areas. The tangential force
causes, together with the active friction radius ra, the braking torque M B = FT ⋅ ra . After all,
the braking torque is the quantity which causes with the help of the dynamic tire radius in the
contact patch of the tire the desired braking force and thus the deceleration of the vehicle.
Detailed researches show that some simplifications are assumed in this model of forces. (4)
Fig. 3 observes the forces acting on a brake pad more exactly.
brake pads
A further phenomenon is presented in Fig.
4. The caliper can be assumed model-likely
as a u-profile which inevitably expands
itself under the high clamping forces. caliper
Because of that, shifting of the points of expansion
application of load and therefore a bigger
active friction radius can be expected.
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In the analyses of the brake disc is also apparent that the distribution of the surface pressing
brake disc shielding will change by a blow or DTV.
Thermal effects as e.g. the shielding
of a brake disc (Fig. 5) let expect
changes of the surface pressing of the
clamping force as well.
Figures 2 to 5 show that inconsistent/not uniform surface pressing can be expected in a disc
brake. According to (4) this would lead to a slanted wear of the brake pads. Furthermore, a
higher energy expenditure results on the positions with higher surface pressing which leads to
higher temperatures. On the other hand, according to (3), higher temperatures drop to lower
friction coefficients and this reduces the efficiency of the brake. According to (4), the comfort
of the brake is also reduced, since sloping worn pads increase the squealing sensibility.
In order to avoid or reduce the problems mentioned, different measures are used in serial
brakes. Nowadays piston offsets, cuttings in the metal sheet, shiftings of the centre of pressing
of the piston, drawn pads (push-pull principle), two-piston calipers with different piston
diameters and even further measures are used among other things to counteract these effects.
In order to determine the influence of these measures and the actual surface pressing various
methods were developed. State of the art are the tension-optical ball pressing process,
pressure indication films of the company Fuji and electrical pressure indication films of the
company Tekscan (18), for example.
In the tension-optical ball pressing process of the company Girling (4) one 1.5 to 2 mm thick
plastic plate with known tension-optical properties and a ball cage with balls with a diameter
of 3 mm between brake pad and brake disc are laid. By increase of the hydraulic pressure of
the brake system the balls are pressed into the plastic material. Tension curves, which help
one to make statements about the transmitting force, can be seen under polarized light.
The focus of this work lays on the determination of the point of application of the clamping
force of the finger and piston side during the braking process correspondingly to Fig. 8.
FC,piston FC,finger
p
f
FT,piston FT,finger
In order to measure the desired forces, an analysis of the force lines in a disc brake is
necessary. For this analysis and the following measurements a two-piston finger framework
caliper of the company Continental Teves (type 2 FNR-Al42, fig. 1) was chosen. This caliper
is currently used in many upper class vehicles.
In Fig.9 the force lines of the clamping and the tangential force are qualitatively presented.
brake disc
caliper
force lines
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It can be derived that the clamping forces branch sensor positions
as soon as they are induced into the back plate. caliper
One part of the clamping force flows over the
finger respectively the pistons and another part
over the stator. To be able to register the whole
clamping force, it must be first measured in the
friction material (Fig. 10) before it is introduced
into the back plate. If the force would be
registered on the piston, for example, the portion
that flows over the stator could not be registered. stator
This corresponds to the model concept of Fig. 3
that the piston force is not equivalent to the brake disc
clamping force.
Fig. 10: Measuring position of the sensors
for registration of the clamping force
Important selection criteria for the sensor technology are the forces to be transmitted (up to
40kN), the building space requirement (integrable in a brake pad), use in a serial caliper,
quasi-statical and dynamical measurement, low temperature dependency…
After comparing a number of sensor principles (among others strain gauges, piezo ceramics,
capacitive sensors…) the use of the piezo-electrical (Fig. 11) effect was chosen. (12, page
184)
F
Fig. 11: Piezo-electrical effect without/under force effect / piezo quarz material (2)
Detail information about piezo quartz sensors can be found in (17). In the end piezo quartz
sensors of the company Kistler of type 9136B (Fig. 12) were chosen.
Excerpt from the data sheet (10)
• Measuring range 0 – 60 kN
• Stiffness 8 kN/µm
• Inside diameter 12,1 mm
• Outside diameter 30 mm
• Height 4 mm
• Temperature range: -20 to 120°C
Fig. 12 Piezo quartz sensors principle and sensor (10) • Weight 14 g
Decisive were, besides the big measurement range, the low building height and the stiffness
that approximately corresponds to the pad's back plate of steel. The temperature range is
sufficient. In comparison, the adhesive with which the brake pad is fastened to the back plate
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is resistant up to approx. 300°. These temperatures are reached only after various processes of
braking at high speeds. For the planned researches high temperatures are reached at the brake
disc only for a short time. The air cooling available at braking test benches is sufficient to
keep the sensors in the permissible temperature field of application.
Fig. 15 shows the original brake pad compared to the Piezo prototype of the 2. generation.
The main difference between the original and the
iPad is the steel plate and the reduction of the
friction material's thickness connected to it. The
expected low compression ability of the brake pad
could be counteracted by a suitable choice of the
friction material. This could be proved in a
compression tester for brake pads. The pad shown
had a deformation of 300 µm at a maximum
Fig. 15: Original brake pad and Piezo testing pressure of 160 bar (with the original piston
prototype surface) - this value lies in the standard range of an
European brake pad (11 and 19).
original wheel
brake disc suspension
power
unit
torque
measurement
8 sensors thermo
supplies (piezos) elements
Fig. 18 left: Test execution on TMD brake test rig; right: test execution on FZD roll test rig
The wirings of the eight piezo quartz sensors are led through the gap between stator and frame
of the caliper to a charge amplifier. Further the temperature of the brake disc, the temperature
of the sensors, the brake pressure, the speed and the braking torque are recorded. The
reproduction of the vehicle parameters is carried out for the vehicle mass with the
corresponding centrifugal force of the test bench. The air amount for the cooling of the
components corresponds to the flow of a brake of an upper class vehicle.
MOVEMENT OF THE BRAKE PAD REGARDING THE CENTRE OF THE BRAKE DISC
The determination of the point of application of load of the clamping force is carried out with
sensors which are in the brake pads. The centre of the wheel or the brake disc is regarded as a
reference point of the radius. The design of a vehicle brake allows on the one hand
movements of the caliper, on the other movements of the brake pads during a braking process.
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For this reason it was necessary to develop a measurement method which enables recording
the movement of a brake pad during a braking. Finally a visual measurement method was
used with a resolution of 10.2 million pixel. With regard to the following photographs, a pixel
corresponds to 0.124 mm - this therefore also corresponds to the maximum precision of this
method. Fig. 19 shows exemplarily the movement of the finger-sided brake pad during a
braking with a braking pressure of 40 bar.
As expected, the brake pad is drawn in the direction of rotation. Furthermore, it easily
screws out intake-sided correspondingly to the acting forces. Therefore, the sensors move
outtake-sided insignificantly in the direction of the wheel's centre. For the determination of
the point of application of load, which is near the middle of the pad's back plate, it means in
this case a deviation of approx. 0.66 mm, which has to be added to the measured value. By
using other caliper types this value can turn out considerably greater, since frame brakes are
construction-relatedly considerably stiffer than e.g. simple finger brakes.
RESULTS
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5 500 5 500
rpm rpm
p p
2 1
3 300 3
2 300
1 4
2 200 2 200
3 4
3
1 100 1 100
rpm rpm
0 0 0 0
rel. tolerance less than 1,5% rel. tolerance less than 2%
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0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Fig. 21: Course of the normal forces of Fig. 22: Course of the normal forces of
the single sensors of the piston-sided pad the single sensors of the piston-sided pad
(stationary brake disc) (during braking process)
It can be derived that the outer sensors transfer the greater forces. This rises further at an
increasing braking pressure – this corresponds to the model concept of expanding the caliper
at increasing pressure.
In Fig. 23 the results of the measurements for the stationary brake disc and for the braking
with an initial speed of 30 m/s (850 rpm) at finger- and at piston-sided pad are summarized.
The representation corresponds to Fig. 21 from the view on the back plate.
0 rpm 850 --> 0 rpm
10
8
finger side 0 rpm
6 60 bar 60 bar
piston side 0 rpm
4
2
finger side 850 --> 0 rpm
radial [mm]
Fig. 23: Shifting of the point of application of load during a braking process
It can be derived that the point of application of load moves by 7mm piston-sided to the
outside by a stationary brake disc when the braking pressure rises from 10 to 60 bar. This
effect is finger-sided by approx. 17mm clearly greater. This can be explained by the design of
a brake (compare Fig. 4), since the brake is connected to the suspension piston-sided and so it
is stiffer than the finger side, which has to be lead over the brake disc. During a braking
process the points of application of load shift into the direction of the leading edge. This
corresponds to the model concept according to (4), compare Fig. 3. If these results are
transferred to the change of the friction radius, a rise of the braking torque by approx. 7% for
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this brake by braking pressure of 60 bar. If one compares this result with the error analysis of
the determination of the friction value of (6), who has determined a range of 10% for the
tolerance band of the friction value under the assumption of a constant friction radius, these
measurements confirm the assumption of (6) that the biggest error influence can be caused by
the neglect of the change of the friction radius.
The measurement device presented here enables for the first time the measuring of the
amounts and points of application of the clamping forces during a braking process. The model
concepts according to (4) and the enlarging of the caliper under brake pressure (Fig. 4) could
be confirmed for this caliper.
The sensor integration in the brake pad makes it possible to apply this design principle in
almost every disc brake. Since smaller brakes have to transfer lower forces, smaller sensors
could be used. By a measuring range from 0 to 15 kN the sensors’ diameter decreases from 30
to 16 mm (10).
Among others, the benefit lays in the one-time determination of the change of the point of
application of load for a defined caliper. Subsequently, this information can be used as a
correction factor for test bench experiments and so some factors of the real friction coefficient
can be determined more exactly. The measurement device can now also be examined for a
uniform pressing of the brake pad on the brake disc during a braking process. Piezo quartz
sensors are very suitable for high frequency measurements. Thus, changes in the clamping
force can also be recorded in the range of squeal frequencies (up to approx. 20 kHz).
Further benefit can be found for investigation of brake disc geometrical failures (e.g. run-out,
disc thickness variation), which are reflected in changes of the point of application of load
dependent on the speed. In such researches a kind of a circular movement of the point of
application of load with a movement diameter of 1-2 mm was determined. This information
could be very helpful for investigations of e.g. judder and variation of brake torque.
According to the device shown shear sensors with identical measurements of the sensors used
for direct measurement of the tangential forces as well. These researches are currently
continued at the Automotive Engineering Department of Darmstadt FZD with the aim to
determine the active friction radius with the help of the known braking torque from the test
bench.
The stacking of these sensors is also possible and thus the simultaneous measurement of the
clamping and tangential component and therefore the direct determination of the brake pad on
all four sensor positions. However, it is thereby problematic that the original thickness of the
brake pads is exceeded and thus the brake in hand can be falsified in its features as e.g. the
support of the forces.
Nevertheless, in order to enable a measurement, the use of piezo ceramics is currently tested.
These are considerably thinner (from 0.5 mm) and can also be used as shear and normal force
sensors. Together with the less required space, the explicitly favorable lower costs should be
mentioned. Disadvantageous are the relatively heavy losses of charge during a static load
which possibly prevents a measurement of these quantities with piezo ceramics.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the TMD Friction Group for the outstanding cooperation and
financing this research project.
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