Modern Marvels F1 brake disk exploding

This full length video shows an F1 brake disk exploding and then the rare occurrence of the carbon-carbon on fire. Quite spectacular!! There is a longer version with a narrated tutorial which I will not publish...maybe someday. The show Modern Marvels "Super Hot" showed a very small segment of this. It is a great show when that particular producer is involved!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• F1
• formula
• brake
• brakes
• carbon

[pick8lock]

I would say that it got so hot it reacted with oxygen and sutch around the disc.

as i cant see how carbon carbon can fire

[todpoli]

@pick8lock There could have also been a small amount of high temperature racing brake fluid, we did not see any after the failure and there was no leakage from the caliper, but at the moment of failure the brake was engaged and the sudden change may have forced some brake fluid past the seals of the pistons before the pressure was reduced.

[jeshiescoots]

How does metal explode exactly?

[todpoli]

@jeshiescoots actually what happens here is the C/C wears of course, but a lot of the wear is because of the oxidation since C/C begins to oxidize around 500 C. By the time it reaches failure, somewhere around 1200 high energy engagements, the disk is so oxidized you can begin to see the internally cut vents from the side view. The structural integrity finally reaches a critical point in the 3 g decels and then on the 5 g decel (within the cycle)......BOOM

[TestECull]

Must be a Red Bull brake disc.

[todpoli]

@TestECull hehe, no, but they have done well this season.

[TimpBizkit]

A brake that brakes and then breaks

[danimal511]

@todpoli this guy is an engineer...

[type1diabeto]

that would be such an issue if you were driving

[RebelSoul2010]

@jeshiescoots the brakes are carbon fiber composite. There is very little, if any, metal content in the brakes. To answer your question, look up potassium/rubidium/caesium/fra­ncium in water.

[MEDEIROSJR007]

nunca foi de F1 isso ae^^ aehuahuaheuah

[CrazyBoyDD]

Shoudent they make a little air spittcer that's inside the brake calaber to cool the breaks?

[contentlocked99]

@crimsonninja6995 thats a whole lot of breaking but strangely no braking?

[crimsonninja6995]

yo dawg i heard you like breaks, so we broke your break so you can break while you break

[marek0086]

@jeshiescoots~ the heat weakens the material.... and the centrifugal motion puts strain on it.

[wtl1964]

look at the glass