18-10-2014, 11:30 AM
Abstracts: The best way to increase the fuel efficiency is to reduce the weight of the automobiles by employing composite materials in the structure of the automobiles. Metal coil springs can be replaced by composite springs because of high strain energy, less weight and high corrosion resistance. Carbon fibre based composite spring is the best alternate to metallic springs and carbon fibre based composite springs, comparing parameters like deflection, stresses, costing and weight between conventional helical spring and composite helical spring. Thus composite and conventional helical spring is to be analysed in ANSYS 14.0 for the above mentioned parameters.