Numerical study on glass-epoxy composite driveshaft for light motor vehicle

Shinde, Rajaram M.; Sawant, Suresh M.

doi:10.1063/5.0049922

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“…James Prasad Rao et al 5 investigated the strength through finite element analysis when steel materials were replaced with composite materials such as carbon-reinforced plastics (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP). In addition, there are several studies [6][7][8] that try to reduce the weight of the propeller shaft or the drive shaft using composite materials. Kuk et al 9 performed research on improving vibration characteristics at its initial design stage, and Moon et al 10 and Sim et al 11 proposed a design considering the strength of the spider and yoke components of the propeller shaft system.…”

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Structural analysis and optimization of an automotive propeller shaft

Choi

Han

Lee

2021

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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It is a trend to implement weight reduction in parts in recent years when developing a new car. This trend is because weight reduction is essential to respond to tightening environmental regulations. In other words, parts manufacturers of body, chassis, and power train systems have made considerable efforts to reduce weight from the proto design stage. This study performed structural analysis and optimization for weight reduction of a propeller shaft for a passenger car. The natural frequency and the durability of the developing propeller shaft were examined through finite element analyses and tests. Then, optimization was accomplished by focusing on the weight reduction of the tubes made of given steel material. In this process, the metamodel-based optimization technique, kriging interpolation, was applied, and the weight was reduced by 5.3% based on the propeller shaft and 14.1% based on the tube. ANSYS Workbench was used for structural analysis, an in-house program was used to build the kriging model, and MATLAB was used for optimization.

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