Originally Posted by
Coach67
This makes no sense. Brakes turn Kenetic Energy into heat energy. If the brake temps are cooler ... they've absorbed less Ke. If they've absorbed less Ke that would seem to mean they've been used less and thus less brake wear. What am I missing?
When DAL switched over to carbon brakes, we were told that the hotter carbon brakes become, the harder the actual carbon material becomes. Just like tempering steel. Less actual brake material is abraided away on the pads as temperature increases.