• M.S.S.S.CHAITANYA
• CHANDRARAO. CH
• L.N.V. NARASIMHA RAO

Axles are one of the most important railway vehicle parts that supports the weight of both vehicle and passenger. Generally train axle shaft is made up of steel, which requires more power to drive due to its more self weight. This research paper mainly focused on use of hybrid structure to achieve weight reduction and permissible strength compared to conventional structure. Use of advanced composite material such as Kevlar, boron and glass-fiber resulted in remarkable achievements because of its specific strength and improve fatigue, specific modulus and reduction in energy requirements due to reduction in weight as compared to steel axle. This paper presents the modeling and analysis of metal composite rail axle using Kevlar, boron, glass-E, glass-S and 30NiCrMoV12. The overall objective of this paper is to analyze the metal composite axle to find out the best replacement for conventional steel axle in terms of reduced energy requirements by reducing weight, comparing static behavior, and the natural frequency of both conventional rail axle and Metal composite rail axles when exposed to the same boundary and loading condition

Rail axle, composites, Finite Element Analysis

"DESIGN AND MODEL ANALYSIS OF RAIL AXLE WITH VARIOUS COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING FEM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.452-460, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902658.pdf

"DESIGN AND MODEL ANALYSIS OF RAIL AXLE WITH VARIOUS COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING FEM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp452-460, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902658.pdf