Brake failure is still on top among traffic accident culprits.

Overheat has tremendous effect on

braking performance. Not only does overheat compromise the movement of braking pistons, but
also it drastically decreases the friction coefficients, which in turn leads to more energy needed
to brake effectively. This condition potentially damages the seal or brake fluid hose and causes
brake failure. The car of 1,5 L uses disc braking system with the type of ventilated disc rotor. To
find out how to increase the heat release ability of its disc brake, this research investigates 8
models from various automobile as alternative to be synchronized with disc rotor dimension of
original 1,5 L model. The design is generated using Solidwork software and simulated using ANSYS
software to obtain data of the ongoing heat absorption. The data then compared using
mathematical analysis to ensure its optimal result.
The simulation showed that disc brake rotor generating the optimal ability to release heat for the type
1,5l vehicle was the drilled disc rotor, the one which was model 7 with 70 rotor holes on the diameter
of 5 mm. Using steady state model of data calculation, the model with the lowest average temperature
was the most stable one in releasing heat. The first place, which means the best ability in releasing heat,
on 596.95oC was held by the model 7, which has ventilation and various holes with various mediation
between disc rotors connected to the brake pad with connecting hole to the axis. The second best
performing was model 5 on 598,7 oC. This model applies ventilation without holes, but using gap
variation between brake pad and the axis connecting holes. The third place was model 1, which is a disk
rotor with no-hole ventilation directly connected to brake pad with average temperature of 603,06OC.

Key words: disc brake rotor, ANSYS,1,5 L.