• Pradeep Kumar Mahobiya
• Ruchika Saini

In this paper a brief review of a leaf spring design for various materials has been addressed. This review is designed to be a comprehensive source for designing a leaf spring using various composites as the Automobile industries are showing keen interest for replacing steel leaf spring with that of a composite leaf spring to obtain reduction in weight, which is an effective measure for energy conservation as it reduces overall fuel consumption of the vehicle. In this paper, design model of existing leaf spring has been created and optimized using Ansys parametric optimization with a goal of reducing the weight of leaf spring, improving the life span of structure by reducing stress and increasing the natural frequency of the leaf spring. The optimum values of these parameters of the leaf spring were obtained. the leaf spring of composite materials performed better in terms of the stress level, stiffness and the natural frequency. At the same time, the weight of the composite leaf spring has significantly reduced. In summary, the study concluded that composite leaf spring is better efficient compared with conventional leaf spring from steel.

composite leaf springs, design, suspension, steering, structural integrity, ANSYS etc.

"A Review on Design, Analysis, and Optimization of Composite Leaf Springs for Different Materials Using ANSYS Software", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.a142-a148, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112018.pdf

"A Review on Design, Analysis, and Optimization of Composite Leaf Springs for Different Materials Using ANSYS Software", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppa142-a148, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112018.pdf