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As powertrain performance of vehicle improves, brake load is gradually increasing. But it is not easy to increase brake size due to increment of cost and weight despite judder and fade problems are worried in field. Cooling-duct which provides additional forced convection to cool front brake is being considered instead of increasing brake size. However, cooling-duct causes loss of aerodynamic that increases drag coefficient of vehicle. This paper covers the optimization of brake cooling system including cooling-duct, deflector on suspension parts to direct air into front brake and dust cover so that minimize aerodynamic loss and maximize brake cooling performance. The optimal solution had been derived from thermal and aerodynamic simulation with CFD and verified through experimental test with vehicle.

Throughout the automotive industry, the application of an integrated electronic booster (IEB) system has been actively applied following with diversify powertrain types and expand autonomous vehicles.[1, 2] Compared to the existing vacuum boosters, the performance advantages of IEB are 1) robustness against environmental changes, 2) rapid hydraulic reactivity, etc., and the advantages of cost / university are 1) flexibility for powertrain changes 2) weight saving 3) package simplification. Although IEB has a great advantage in performance and cost, it still needs a lot of research in various fields to realize the braking feeling, which is the performance of the emotional aspect, similar to the existing system. [3, 4]