Efficient digital development of brake components with multiple requirements

This paper is addressed on efficient digital development on the example of brake components using TOKEN, a tool developed at TWT GmbH in Stuttgart. The main features of TOKEN are explained and an insight on how to use the tool is given. To demonstrate the potential of the software it is shown how TOKEN can be integrated e.g. in the development of a brake dust shield. In doing so it is presented how TOKEN can be used to provide additional information about aero- and thermodynamics in a defined design envelope. We present how this knowledge is able to lead to a more mature concept of a brake dust shield in the early development process. The maturity of the concept is verified in a detailed three-dimensional coupled CFD based analysis of the design and a comparison to an already existing brake dust shield.