MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOTIVE DRIVE SHAFT USING NANO COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Abstract

All vehicles have transmission shafts. The weight decrease of the drive shaft can have a specific job. In general weight decrease of the vehicle is a highly important objective, in the event that it is very well accomplished without increment in cost and diminishing in quality and unwavering quality. It is conceivable to accomplish outline of composite drive shaft with less weight to build the primary common recurrence of the shaft. The automobile companies must use Nano composite material innovation for auxiliary parts development keeping in mind the end goal to get the decrease of the weight without diminish in vehicle quality. This work manages the substitution of ordinary two-piece steel drive shafts with a Nano Composite materials. In this work Epoxy E-Glass UD, Kevlar Epoxy is utilized as Nano composite material, it is realized that decrease of weight is a standout amongst the best measures to get this outcome. As a matter of fact, there is very nearly an immediate proportionality between the weight of a vehicle and its fuel utilization, especially in city driving.In this present work an endeavor has been done to assess the Natural frequency, mass comparison, elastic stresses and strains, deflection under subjected loads utilizing FEA. Facilitate correlation did for Steel materials and weight of the shaft is enhanced.