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The paper deals with a method implemented to study braking systems design, modelling components' characteristics through commercial software. It summarizes the potential improvement possible by using modelling techniques in chassis systems design. The first part consisted in producing a passive braking system model. A first validation was carried out on a test bench by using components of different braking systems. Particular attention was devoted to booster modelization both in semi-stationary and dynamic conditions. The second part was callipers, roll-back and thermal phenomena modelization. Finally, it were modelled Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) and Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) Hydraulic Units and their integration with control strategies and with vehicle dynamics model.

The paper describes Politecnico di Torino braking systems test bench, based on hardware in the loop (HIL). The test bench, consisting of the whole braking system hardware, can be used for: Analysis of passive braking systems, to determine the main characteristics both in semi-stationary and dynamic conditions; Analysis of passive braking systems, to investigate the influence of eventual asymmetries on vehicle behaviour, since a vehicle model runs in real time and receives wheels pressure values by the sensors on the physical device; Analysis of Commercial Anti-lock Braking/Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Systems, both from the point of view of control strategies and hydraulic units performance; Definition of new ABS/ESP control strategies, e.g. considering wheels caliper pressure signals as inputs, using pre-existing commercial hydraulic units.