CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPOSITE BRAKE PEDAL
Keywords:
Brake pedal, automotive composites, conceptual designAbstract
Most of the accelerator, brake and clutch pedals of automotive vehicles are metallic but recently some manufacturers have started to replace metallic clutches and accelerator pedals with polymeric-based composite pedals and a few manufacturers have started to offer weight and cost saving pedal brackets using composites. In this research work, possible configurations and geometric profiles of brake pedals have been investigated analytically and computationally. A final design of a composite brake pedal has been made from the properties of available and suitable polymeric-based composite.
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