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Overview
What you will study
Delivered by academic and industrialist specialists who are actively undertaking research and development activities, this Disc Brake Design and Analysis course offered by Cranfield University provides the most relevant and up-to-date material. By covering a variety of disc and calipers designs, modelling techniques - both analytical and numerical (finite element and computational fluid dynamics) - and experimental procedures, this course provides complete insight into the loading, modelling, design and optimisation of a brake assembly and its components.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Brake Designs - Discs and Calipers
- Mechanical and Thermal Loading
- Heat Generation and Partition
- Temperatures, Thermal Stresses and Deflections, FE Modelling
- Heat Dissipation, Experimental Investigations and CFD Modelling
- Brake Sizing - Thermal effects
- Interface Pressure Distributions, Caliper Stresses and Deflections - Demonstration of FE modelling, Digital Image Correlation and other experimental methods
- Caliper and Disc Design Optimisation
- Case studies
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 3 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
- Please enquire for course dates
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Design Data Analytics View 228 other Short Courses in Design in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Practising engineers, researchers and managers working in automotive and other sectors.
- This course requires a suitable level of previous knowledge in at least some of the relevant areas of brake technology. This experience could have been gained through industrial or academic (research) work.
- For those delegates without such experience, attending a course such as the Braking of Road Vehicles course at the University of Bradford, would provide an appropriate foundation.
Tuition Fee
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International
1600 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1600 GBP for the full programme during 3 days. -
National
1600 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1600 GBP for the full programme during 3 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
700 - 1300 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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