http://www.iaeme.com/ijmet/index.asp 67 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET) Volume 7, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2016, pp. 67-77, Article ID: IJMET_07_01_008 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJMET/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=7&IType=1 Journal Impact Factor (2016): 9.2286 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com ISSN Print: 0976-6340 and ISSN Online: 0976-6359 © IAEME Publication STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL ANALYSIS OF DISC BRAKE USING SOLIDWORKS AND ANSYS Rakesh Jaiswal, Anupam Raj Jha, Anush Karki, Debayan Das, Pawan Jaiswal, Saurav Rajgadia and Ankit Basnet B. Tech students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Durgapur, Durgapur-713209, India Rabindra Nath Barman Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Durgapur, Durgapur-713209, India ABSTRACT Braking system represents one of the most fundamental safety critical components in modern vehicles. Brake absorbs kinetic energy of the rotating parts (Wheels) and the energy is dissipated in the form of heat energy to the surrounding atmosphere. It decelerates or stops the vehicle. When brake is applied to the disc brake it is subjected to high stress, thus it may suffer structural and wear issues. Hence for the better performance, structural, stress and the thermal analysis is preferred to choose low stress material. The objective of this paper is to model and analyse stress concentration, structural deformation and thermal gradient of disc brake. Here the disc brake is designed by using Solidworks and analysis is done by ANSYS workbench R 14.5. Key words: Solidworks, ANSYS, Disc Brake, FEA (Finite Element Analysis) Cite this Article: Rakesh Jaiswal, Anupam Raj Jha, Anush Karki, Debayan Das, Pawan Jaiswal, Saurav Rajgadia, Ankit Basnet and Rabindra Nath Barman. Structural and Thermal Analysis of Disc Brake Using Solidworks and Ansys, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology , 7(1), 2016, pp. 67-77. http://www.iaeme.com/currentissue.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=7&IType=1 1. INTRODUCTION A brake is a device which uses frictional resistance to stop motion of machine or vehicle. The brakes absorb kinetic energy and dissipate it as heat energy. Brake systems must have following requirements: