• Mr. R B Gunale
• Dr. Sarang Joshi

Fibre, matrix and resin are important constituents of composite structure. Presence of these constituents with varying percentage affects the structure properties ultimately. Fibre are stiff and strong elements than matrix and always makes structure to sustain the load in the direction it applied. More the percentage of fibre more load sustaining occurs in respective direction and vice versa, but presence of fibre in structure is limited to specific value and that is 80%, beyond which packing of fibres in to structure is not possible, but in the case of cylindrical geometry of fibres this figure can raise up to 90%. Fibre packing in possible in multiple way and few can be listed, triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal etc. Paper describes one such aspect of fibre packing in to leaf spring model to be used in Mahindra Bolero. The ultimate aim of work is finding out the good pattern of fibre packing in to matrix which would lead to maintain optimum percentage of fibre in to structure and thus leads further to enhance strength of the leaf spring to sustain maximum magnitude of load which would act under un-described circumstances.

Leaf spring, composite, Fibre, Packaging, Mahindra Bolero etc.

"EFFECT OF FIBRE PACKAGING PATTERN ON PERCENTAGE OF FIBRE, MATRIX VOLUME FRACTION AND STRENGTH OF COMPOSITE LEAF SPRING MODEL ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.521-527, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06089.pdf

"EFFECT OF FIBRE PACKAGING PATTERN ON PERCENTAGE OF FIBRE, MATRIX VOLUME FRACTION AND STRENGTH OF COMPOSITE LEAF SPRING MODEL ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp521-527, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06089.pdf