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by mk_stjames
196 days ago
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The table lists F1 cars as having "Carbon fiber brake calipers". This is glaringly incorrect. All current brake calipers are machined from aluminum, specifically Aluminum-Lithium or Aluminum-Copper alloys. There is a rule denoting bulk elasticity modulus limit on brake calipers of 80 GPa, which was set just at that to allow the more exotic Lithium Aluminum alloys but to dis-allow Titanium alloys or anything else stiffer (There was experimentation with Titanium calipers in the past.) Absolutely no calipers are made from composites, CF, graphite, or otherwise.
Discs are Carbon-carbon. |
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