Numerical Simulation and Mechanism Analysis on the Concave Deformation of Automotive Dry Clutch Pressure Plate

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The papers is correct, but It should be better within experimental results, not only simulation.

Author Response

Response to Reviewer 1 Comments

Point 1: The paper is correct, but It should be better within experimental results, not only simulation.

Response 1: The authors think this is true. Although the results of this paper agree highly with the practice experiences, the experimental results are more valuable.  In our future study, the experiment will be performed and the experimental results will be present.

Reviewer 2 Report

Line 81: put a space between "445027" and "nodes"

Line 91: put a capital letter to W on the word "where"

Table 1: do a calculation to add the point to 3500s in Table 1 ; add the estimated measurement uncertainties to the value obtained by numerical simulation and refine the number of significant digits for the values ​​indicated in the table

Table 2: replace “Mpa” by “Mpa” ; add the estimated measurement uncertainties to the value obtained by numerical simulation and refine the number of significant digits for the values ​​indicated in the table

Line 249: add a curve on the two types of constraints proposed and comparing the results of figures 10 and 11

Author Response

Point 1:  Line 81: put a space between "445027" and "nodes"

Response 1: In the revised manuscript, a space has been inserted between "445027" and "nodes" in line 81.

Point 2: Line 91: put a capital letter to W on the word "where"

Response 2: In the revised manuscript, the word “where” has been capitalized in line 91.

Point 3: Table 1: do a calculation to add the point to 3500s in Table 1 ; add the estimated measurement uncertainties to the value obtained by numerical simulation and refine the number of significant digits for the values ​​indicated in the table

Response 3: The result in 3500s is added in Table 1. The number of significant digits for the values reported has been adjusted accordingly. We believe that the format is now consistent in the revised table.

Point 4: replace “Mpa” by “Mpa” ; add the estimated measurement uncertainties to the value obtained by numerical simulation and refine the number of significant digits for the values ​​indicated in the table

Response 4: “Mpa” has been replaced by “MPa”. The number of significant digits for the values reported in the table has been refined. We admit that the uncertainty analysis is important. However, we did not perform any uncertainty analysis on the results as the variations of many parameters were hard to determine. The work will be incorporated in our future study.

Point 5: add a curve on the two types of constraints proposed and comparing the results of figures 10 and 11.

Response 5: In the revised manuscript, the curve on the two types of constraints is added and the results in Figs. 10 and 11 are compared.

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