Design of a Composite Drive Shaft and its Coupling for Automotive Application

摘要: This paper presents a design method and vibration analysis of carbon/epoxy composite drive shaft. The designof the shaft is divided into two main sections: First, second, thedesign its coupling. Some parameters such as critical speed, static torque, fiber orientation adhesive jointswere studied. Tsai-Hill failure criterion was implemented to control rupture resistance andthen speed modal were carried out using ANSYS. behavior materials isconsidered nonlinear isotropic for adhesive, linear metal orthotropic resultsshowed significant points about appropriate shafts. substitution driveshaft has resulted in considerable weight reduction 72% compared conventional steel Furthermore,results revealed that fibers had great influence on dynamic characteristics compositeshaft.