• Taksande R. V.
• Shende M. D

The automotive like cars having various mechanical elements are built to create the vehicle fuel efficient that in result make the transportation economical, the weight of that vehicle ought to be reduced. The composite materials are lightweight with additional strength & stiffness, replacement of composite materials to traditional steel materials utilized in automotive vehicle components can scale back the weight and improve the mechanical properties of these parts. This project deals with drive shaft of MARUTI OMNI to design the shaft for its minimum dimensions and satisfy current drawback with specification then replace typical steel material with Carbon/Epoxy composite material. Then a part model created for individual dimensions in CATIA V5R19 software. Once modeling, Torsional buckling analysis and Modal analysis will be applied for propeller shafts using ANSYS R14.5 to validate the theoretical calculations and analytical results. The obtained results are compared and Carbon/Epoxy composite material is chosen as better replacement material for regular steel material in terms of many mechanical properties for light motor vehicle.

Drive shaft, Composite, Carbon/ Epoxy, CATIA V5R19, ANSYS R14.5.

"DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SINGLE COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT FOR LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.312-316, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06053.pdf

"DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF SINGLE COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT FOR LIGHT MOTOR VEHICLE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp312-316, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06053.pdf