Studies on Enhanced Brake Disc Cooling using Wheel Rim with Axial Ventilators
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The purpose of this study is to improve the cooling of brake disc by modifying the wheel rim by fitting it with an axial ventilator. The orientation angle of these blades in axial ventilator is varied between 0 and 10. The numerical investigation is carried out using commercial CFD code ANSYS Fluent. The pressure difference induced in 5 model is maximum leading to a better air flow through the wheel rim resulting with enhanced cooling of the brake disc. The 5 model reduced the brake disc temperature from 450C to 207.84C which is nearly 54%. The surface heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number of 5 model is found to be maximum. The resulting improvement in heat dissipation enhances the performance and hence the lifetime of the brake disc. Therefore, the wheel rim with axial ventilator 5 model is found to the suitable configuration so as to achieve enhanced convective cooling of brake disc.
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