Study on the Wear Performance of Brake Materials for High-Speed Railway with Intermittent Braking under Low-Temperature Environment Conditions

Abstract

The pin on the disc friction tester was used to conduct the intermittent braking testing of train brake materials with a low-temperature environment simulation device at temperatures 20 °C, 0 °C, −10 °C, −20 °C, and −30 °C. The results show that intermittent braking presents different wear characteristics of braking materials at low temperatures. Under different ambient temperature conditions, the most volatile friction coefficient caused by intermittent braking happens at 0 °C, and the wear rate of brake materials reaches its maximum at 0 °C. The wear surface morphology of the brake pad material mainly includes scratches, furrows, adhesions, and abscission pits, while the surface of the brake disc material was dominated by scratches, furrows, and adhesions. With the decrease in temperature, the adhesion damage of the brake pad/disc material increases. At 0 °C, the brake pad material has crack damage.

Keywords

• low-temperature environment
• intermittent braking
• high-speed railway brake materials
• wear