A disc-pad friction system is modelled as that two moving pads act symmetrically on an annular beam with flexible boundary condition.Simulation procedure is proposed to deal with the moving interactions and calculation is carried out by using the finite difference method,which shows that only the first-order mode vibration of the beam can be induced.Then the partial differential equation of motion of the disk is reduced to a first-order mode vibration system with time-varying stiffness.As the disk speed is decreased below the critical speeds,the relative equilibrium of the pad on the disk loses its stability and stick-slip type limit cycle vibrations are resulted in all directions′movements.Acceleration of the disk motion on the frictional instability is also investigated.The period of stick-slip vibration with large amplitude will be shortened with higher moving deceleration.
