Optimization of Driveshaft material for Light Commercial Vehicle (Automobile)

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Lemma Eticha Feyye, Shimelis Mekuria Edo, Tamana Dabasa Badasa

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This paper examines the layout and evaluation of the drive shaft, which transmits energy from the engine to the differential tools of rear-wheel drive Automobiles. Replacing composite with the aid of using metal systems has many advantages due to the fact stiffness and energy of composite materials. This study's paintings offer the alternative of a two-piece metal drive shaft with a single-piece excessive energy carbon/epoxy and excessive modulus carbon/epoxy composite drive shaft for vehicle application. Carbon/epoxy composite material are used to reduce the stock cost, maintenance, and component complexity and enormous saving in weight. The load of the steel shaft is approximately 94N and the load of the carbon/epoxy composite shaft is 19.787N. Using composite material saves up to 79% weight of drive shaft. Evaluation of stress, strain deformation via way of means using ANSYS15 software. Finally while the hole shaft thickness growth from 3.32 mm to 4.32mm, maximum shear stresses are barely grow.

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