Advances in Automobile Engineering
Open Access

Design of composite leaf spring for automotive vehicle

International Conference and Exhibition on Automobile Engineering

September 01-02, 2015 Valencia, Spain

Krupesh G Patel, Bharat S Patel and M J Zinjuwadia

BVM Engineering College, India

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Adv Automob Eng

Abstract :

Reducing weight while increasing or maintaining strength of products is getting to be highly important research issue in this modern world. The suspension system in a vehicle significantly affects the behavior of vehicle i.e., vibration characteristics including ride comfort, stability etc. Leaf springs are commonly used in the vehicle suspension system and are subjected to millions of varying stress cycles leading to fatigue failure. A lot of research has been done for improving the performance of leaf spring. Now the automobile industry has shown interest in the replacement of steel spring with composite leaf spring. In general, it is found that fiberglass material has better strength characteristic and lighter in weight as compare to steel for leaf spring. In this research work the author has reviewed some papers on the design and analysis leaf spring performance and fatigue life prediction of leaf spring. There is also the analysis of failure in leaf spring. The automakers can reduce product development cost and time while improving the safety, comfort and durability of the vehicles they produce. The predictive capability of CAE tools has progressed to the point where much of the design verification is now done using computer simulation rather than physical prototype testing.

Biography :

Email: krupesh11489@gmail.com