Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 5-9.

• BASIC STUDY •     Next Articles

SRUCTURE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT FOR AUTOMOBILE

MA Xiang-yu1, ZHANG Jin-guang1*, CAI Guang-sheng1, TAN Jian2   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China;
    2.SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd., TDC, Liuzhou 545000, China
  • Received:2017-03-30 Online:2017-08-28 Published:2017-08-28

Abstract: Carbon fiber composite material has characteristics of light weight, high specific modulus, high specific strength and fatigue resistance. According to the requirements of strength and critical speed, a carbon fiber composite drive shaft which was applied in one type of automobile was designed. The finite element analysis software Abaqus was used to simulate the drive shaft, and the results show the stress, strain and failure distribution of the shaft under torque load. There has average stress and strain distribution in the carbon fiber shaft tube, and the simulation results are in agreement with the design theory and experiment. The mechanical properties of carbon fiber composite drive shaft meet the requirements in automobile.

Key words: carbon fiber composites material, automobile, drive shaft, finite element

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