Brake Noise Data Acquisition and Analysis System

  • Published : 2002.05.01

Abstract

AN EMBEDDED PC-BASED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO AUTOMATE THE DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF BRAKE SQUEAL. THE DEVELOPED SYSTEM INTEGRATES ADVANCED SIGNAL CONDITIONING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO ACQUIRE BRAKE NOISE AND VIBRATION DATA RAPIDLY, CONSISTENTLY AND OBJECTIVELY. A SPECIAL PEAK-PICKING ALGORITHM IS USED TO DETERMINE WHEN BRAKE NOISE OCCURS DURING A STOP EVENT AND ACTUALLY DEFINE FROM WHICH CORNER OF THE VEHICLE IT ORIGINATES. A SPECIAL NOISE-RATING TABLE IS FEATURED TO ENABLE THE USER TO DEVELOP CORRELATIONS BETWEEN DRIVER RATINGS AND OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS.

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