Company description:Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. Job description: Would you like to kickstart your career? We are looking for two motivated master’s students to combine brake dynamometer testing, thermal calculations and finite element modelling to improve estimates of heat partition between a brake disc and its pads. Period January-June 2027. What you will do As the brake heats up, friction behaviors and material properties can change. In this thesis, you will investigate how these changes affect heat transfer between the disc and pads, and how accurately models can represent test results. Your main tasks will be to: Analyse brake dynamometer measurements, including brake torque, speed, clamping force and temperature. Investigate how temperature-dependent friction behaviour affects the clamping force needed to achieve a target brake torque. Develop thermal calculations and a transient model of heat transfer between the disc and pads. Use temperature-dependent material properties, such as thermal conductivity, and calibrate them if needed. Build and assess a finite element model of the brake system or relevant components. Compare model results with test data and evaluate uncertainty and sensitivity to key assumptions. Summarise your findings and present recommendations for test methods and modelling. Your future team You will work on a technical challenge with supervision from Chalmers and Volvo Group. The project brings together experimental measurements, thermal calculations and modelling, givi…

Master's Thesis: Heat Partition Between Brake Disc and Brake Pads