Abstract:Friction induced vibration and noise is one of the hottest and the most advanced research themes in the field of machinery engineering. In this paper, a comprehensive technical review on the typical automotive brake squeal has been conducted. It covers the dynamical, tribological, and tribo-dynamical studies respectively concerning experimental investigation and analysis, generation mechanisms and theories, modeling methods and prediction. The author has done the literature survey and discussed the origin of the research difficulties. Looking into the limitations of the previous researches, he proposes that the investigation be directed to the study of the uncertainty of the friction induced vibration and sound, in which the system parameters randomicity should be taken into consideration.