Comparison and Simulation of Agro-Waste Materials as Brake Pad Frictional Components

The automotive industry moving to use eco-friendly materials as some of the applications make harm to environment. Day by day, the climatic proportions and weather conditions are not similar to its usual behaviour. So it is compelled to adapt to natural environment back. This study investigates the structural deformation performance of eco-friendly brake pad composites reinforced with a agro waste product of coconut oil residu (COR). For comparison, coconut coir fibers and asbestos materials Finite element simulations are performed in ANSYS to assess pad deformation, stress distribution, and contact behavior under nominal braking conditions. The maximum deformation observed in the composites was 0.415mm for coconut coir, 0.313mm for COR and 0.311 mm for asbestos indicating that coconut coir composites exhibits highly compliance with maintaining structural integrity. These results were complemented by material characterization SEM. The study demonstrates that coconut coir based brake pads can achieve comparable performance to conventional materials offering a sustainable alternative with potential environmental and economic benefits. The findings also highlights critical processing considerations for optimizing composite behavior guiding future experimental validation and industrial application.