Structural and Modal Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring

Authors

  • Rohan P Sakale  Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Sharanbassappa Patil  Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Keywords:

Mono leaf spring, Metal leaf spring, Experimental modal analysis, Harmonic analysis

Abstract

The suspension system is one of the imperative parts of an automobile and is responsible for the ride comfort and handling of the vehicle. In suspension system, two types of springs are used helical spring and leaf spring. In addition to energy absorbing device, the ends of a leaf spring behave as a guided along a definite path as it deflects act as a structural member, this behaviour of leaf spring proves to be an advantage over helical spring. In the present work, fabricated mono-leaf spring comprises of steel and unidirectional glass fiber reinforced composite. To analyze the behavior of the fabricated steel and composite leaf spring, experimental modal testing and FEA has been carried out with free-free boundary condition. For FEA, ANSYS workbench environment has been used. By FEA it is found that natural frequencies of steel leaf spring are greater than natural frequencies of composite leaf spring and it has been also noticed that the experimental modal testing results showed a similar trend.

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2018-05-05

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Volume 5, Issue 3, May-June-2018

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Rohan P Sakale, Sharanbassappa Patil, " Structural and Modal Analysis of Composite Leaf Spring, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp.169-175, May-June-2018.