Brake temperature monitoring system

A brake temperature monitoring system configured to monitor at least one of a rotor and hydraulic fluid of a brake mechanism for a vehicle, the brake temperature monitoring system comprising:

• a controller including a processor and an electronic storage medium;
• a vehicle velocity sensor configured to output a velocity signal to the processor;
• an ambient temperature sensor configured to output an ambient temperature signal to the processor;
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• wherein the controller is adapted to portray the temperature of at least one of the rotor and the hydraulic fluid, based on an ambient temperature measured by the ambient temperature sensor, and a pre-established relationship between a conductive heat transfer factor and a convective heat transfer factor, with the convective heat transfer factor being a function of vehicle velocity measured by the vehicle velocity sensor, wherein the portrayed temperature is developed at least in-part by equation k(TR−TC)=h(TC−TA) when at thermal equilibrium, and h is a constant value related to a single average speed applied during thermal equilibrium, k is a conductive heat transfer factor, TR is a brake rotor temperature, TC is a caliper temperature, and TA is a surrounding ambient space temperature, wherein the controller is configured to actuate the brake mechanism when the estimated hydraulic fluid temperature is above boiling and the vehicle speed is zero thereby increasing hydraulic fluid pressure.