Q&A with EuroBrake 2021 speaker William Wei, CTO of Foxconn and the architect of MIH and EVKit

Apart from the physics involved in stopping, what, if anything, do rail and road have in common?

Exhaust particulates now pale in comparison to non-exhaust emissions, said Duncan Kay, UK Dept for Transport in his EuroBrake 2021 keynote

“Braking is about so much more than stopping” – brake industry leaders discuss the evolution of braking

EuroBrake 2021 Gold Sponsor Oerlikon outlines plans for its first appearance at EuroBrake

Xueyuan Nie discusses reducing non-exhaust emissions & improving ride comfort in electric vehicles with alumina-coated brake discs

Máté Tóth talks about simulating cabin noise and the psychoacoustic characteristics of non-linear automotive disk brake creep groan

Xabier Ugarte discusses generating demanded friction curves from vehicle dynamics to maximise braking performance for racing cars

Gerrit Nowald discusses the benefits of developing a custom thermal simulation tool for early sizing of non-standard brake concepts

Juan Garcia discusses vehicle body distortion under brake judder loads & changes for friction brakes in electrified & autonomous vehicles

Gai Fulin on variable plate thickness causing lateral run-out & coning in the form of 1st order waviness, which may cause hot judder issues

Qiang Liu talks about analysing the relationship between the structural stiffness of the transfer path and frictional self-excited vibration

Jacek Kijanski compares stationary and dynamic wear tests of brake pads and how tribometer results can transfer to real conditions

Anthony Van Litsenborgh, ABT, explains how 100% sealed dry disc brakes can help to create a sustainable braking future

Zicheng Wang introduces the use of optical fibre sensors for the dynamic measurement of brake interface pressure distribution

Foxconn, Audi, Bosch, ZF, TU Braunschweig, & Munich University of Applied Sciences to discuss next-gen chassis systems at EuroBrake 2021

Jinghan Tang, Jaguar Land Rover, talks about utilising CAE tools to optimise brake disc design at EuroBrake 2021

FISITA caught up recently with Daniel Mwangi who joined EuroBrake 2019 as part of the EuroBrake Student Opportunities Programme (ESOP)

EuroBrake Virtual Content Delivery platform (VCD) open now, agenda and final programme published

Horiba’s Greg Filer on plans for EuroBrake 2021, the Gold Sponsor’s 8th consecutive year at the world’s largest braking tech, strategy event