Analysis Of Composite Leaf Spring Research Articles

Finite element design analysis of composite leaf spring

Finite element design analysis of composite leaf spring

Design Analysis and Weight Optimization of Mono Leaf Spring by Using ANSYS and Validation with Practical Testing

Abstract: The present paper having a work on Design and analysis of composite leaf spring. The analysis has been conducted by using ANSYS-14.5 workbench software with the help of static structural tool. Two composite leaf springs with full length leave made of E-Glass fiber and Carbon fiber composite material has been used. The results of Conventional steel leaf spring have been compared with the present results obtained for composite leaf spring. Carbon fiber material is better in strength and lighter in weight as compared to the conventional steel leaf spring as well as Glass fiber leaf spring. We worked on different loading condition to validated UTM result with hand calculation and ANSYS result.

Finite element analysis of Epoxy/E-Glass composite material based mono leaf spring for light weight vehicle

A great deal of work is put into decreasing the fuel consumption of automotive vehicles, which may be accomplished by reducing the bulk of the vehicles. One component that may be explored is the leaf spring, which is extensively utilized in many sorts of cars, including electric ones. For the leaf spring, four distinct materials are considered: standard steel, Epoxy/E-Glass UD composite, Epoxy/E-Glass Wet composite, and Epoxy/S-Glass UD composite. The FEA study executed with the help of the ANSYS finite element code. Firstly, the 3-D model of the leaf spring with different thickness varying from 15mm to 65mm is designed using SolidWorks software which is then imported to the ANSYS software for the static analysis. Along with this, the finite element analysis under full load on 3-D composite multi leaf spring model is executed using ANSYS 2020 R1 by taking three different materials and then the result for the different static behaviour of the leaf spring are compared for all the materials assigned. In this paper we describe design and analysis of composite leaf spring. The leaf spring model used for this purpose is a rear leaf spring used in MAHINDRA “MODEL-COMMANDER 650 DI”. When compared to traditional steel, the mass of hybrid composite material is 62% lower. Hybrid composite materials have 36% lower equivalent (Von-Mises) stress than steel. Utlimately, the hybrid composite material may be employed as a leaf spring, decreasing the total weight of automobiles.

Design, Manufacturing and Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring

Now-a-days it is necessary to conserve natural resources, economize energy and weight reduction. Weight reduction of vehicle has become the main issue in Automobile Industries. It can be achieved by introduction of better material, design optimization and better manufacturing process. The Automobile Industry has interest for replacement of Steel Leaf Spring with Composite Leaf Spring. Composite Material has High Strength and Stiffness to Weight Ratio. The Objective is to compare the Stresses, Deformation, Elastic Strain and Weight of Composite Leaf Spring with that of Steel Leaf Spring. The Material Selected is Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer is used against Conventional Steel. The Leaf Spring was modelled in CATIA and analysis done in ANSYS Software.

Stress Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring – Comparative Approach

Automobile manufacturers are focusing on weight reduction for saving natural resources and enhancing the fuel efficiency; automobiles are sharing almost half of the world’s fuel consumption and a major source of pollution, thus reducing the weight will directly result in the reduction of fuel consumption. The leaf spring is one of the main candidates for the weight reduction in an automobile as they still holds the worth although many shocks absorbing devices are in the market these days. This paper is aimed to present the comparative study of steel and composite leaf spring with the later type having the same geometrical characteristics of steel leaf spring. Validations are carried out by modelling leaf spring on ANSYS & comparing it with analytical results. The results showed that the stresses in composite leaf spring are 64.8% lower than the stresses in the steel leaf spring for the same geometrical characteristics. The results for deflections showed also good agreement with analytical results and a decrement of 51.3% is found for composite leaf spring. The proposed methodology helps us to reduce the weight of leaf spring by approximately 74.39% without compromising on allowable stresses and thus also increasing the strain energy of the particular leaf spring.

Design and Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring using composite material for light vehicle

Design and Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring using composite material for light vehicle

Experimental and FEA analysis of Composite Leaf Spring for Natural Frequency by changing Fiber orientation

Experimental and FEA analysis of Composite Leaf Spring for Natural Frequency by changing Fiber orientation

Performance Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring Using Computer Aided Engineering

Automobile industries have shown more interest for the replacement of conventional steel leaf spring with that of the composite leaf spring due to its high strength to weight ratio. The objective of the work is to carry out computer aided design and analysis of composite (Glass fiber reinforced plastic) leaf spring and conventional steel leaf spring by considering certain parameters like stress, deflection and strain energy with similar design considerations and loading conditions. The material of the conventional leaf spring is 65Si7 and composite leaf spring is S2-Glass\Epoxy. The CAD model of the leaf spring is modeled in Pro-E and the numerical analysis is carried out using finite element analysis, ANSYS 14. Stress, deflection and strain energy results of both steel and composite leaf spring are obtained and compared. The result shows that the composite leaf spring has maximum strain energy than conventional steel leaf spring and weight of the composite leaf spring is nearly reduced up to 85% compared with steel material.

Analysis of Steel and Composite Leaf Spring for Vehicle

The Automobile Industry has shown keen interest for replacement of steel leaf spring with that of glass fiber composite leaf spring, since the composite material has high strength to weight ratio, good corrosion resistance and tailor-able properties. The present study searches the new material for leaf spring. In present study the material selected was glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) and the polyester resin (NETPOL 1011) (5) is used against conventional steel. A spring with constant width and thickness was fabricated by hand lay-up technique which was very simple and economical. The numerical analysis is carried via finite element analysis using ANSYS software. Stresses, deflection and strain energy results for both steel and composite leaf spring material were obtained. Result shows that, the composite spring has maximum strain energy than steel leaf spring and weight of composite spring was nearly reduced up to 85% compared with steel material. This paper describes design and FEA analysis of composite leaf spring made of glass fibre reinforced polymer. The dimensions of an existing conventional steel leaf spring of a light commercial vehicle are taken for evaluation of results. I. Introduction Finite Element analysis tools offer the tremendous advantage of enabling design teams to consider virtually any molding option without incurring the expense associated with manufacturing and machine time. The Ability to try new designs or concepts on the computer gives the opportunity to eliminate problems before beginning production. Additionally, designers can quickly and easily determine the sensitivity of specific molding Parameters on the quality and production of the final part. The leaf spring model is created by modeling software like pro-E , Catia and it is imported in to the analysis software and the loading, boundary conditions are given to the imported model and result are evaluated by post processor. The different comparative results of steel leaf spring and composite leaf spring are obtained to predict the advantages of composite leaf spring for a vehicle. II. FEA (Finite Element Analysis) FEA tool is the mathematical idealization of real system. Is a computer based method that breaks geometry into element and link a series of equation to each, which are then solved simultaneously to evaluate the behavior of the entire system. It is useful for problem with complicated geometry, loading, and material properties where exact analytical solution are difficult to obtain. Most often used for structural, thermal, fluid analysis, but widely applicable for other type of analysis and simulation

Design and Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring

In these paper, composite structures for conventional metallic structures has many advantages because of higher specific stiffness and strength of composite materials is discussed. The automobile industry has shown increased interest in the replacement of steel spring with fiberglass composite leaf spring due to high strength to weight ratio. This work deals with the replacement of conventional steel leaf spring with a Mono Composite leaf spring using E-Glass/Epoxy. The design parameters were selected and analyzed with the objective of minimizing weight of the composite leaf spring as compar

Modelling and Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring under the Static Load Condition by using FEA

Leaf springs are one of the oldest suspension components they are still frequently used, especially in commercial vehicles. The past literature survey shows that leaf springs are designed as generalized force elements where the position, velocity and orientation of the axle mounting gives the reaction forces in the chassis attachment positions. Another part has to be focused, is the automobile industry has shown increased interest in the replacement of steel spring with composite leaf spring due to high strength to weight ratio. Therefore, analysis of the composite material becomes equally important to study the behavior of Composite Leaf Spring. The objective of this paper is to present modeling and analysis of composite mono leaf spring (GFRP) and compare its results. Modelling is done using Pro-E (Wild Fire) 5.0 and Analysis is carried out by using ANSYS 10.0 software for better understanding.