Design and Fabrication of E-Glass /carbon/graphite epoxy hybrid composite leaf spring

International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Research

工业技术;材料科学

Gopalakrishnan, T.^1 ; Raja, M.^2 ; Jothi Prakash, V.M.^1 ; Gnanavel, C.^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, VELS University, Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil nadu, India^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Salem, Tamil nadu, India^2

关键词: Carbon and graphite;    Conventional steel;    E-glass;    Hybrid composites;    Metallic material;    Reinforcement phase;    Specific stiffness;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/183/1/012004/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/183/1/012004

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The Automobile Industry has shown increase interest for replacement of steel leaf spring with that of composite leaf spring. Substituting composite materials for conventional metallic materials has many advantages because of higher specific stiffness, strength and fatigue resistance etc. This work deals with the replacement of conventional steel leaf spring with a hybrid Composite leaf spring using E -Glass/Carbon/Graphite/Epoxy. The hybrid composite is obtained by introducing more than one fiber in the reinforcement phase. The hybrid composite is fabricated by the vacuum bag technique. The result shows that introduction of carbon and graphite fiber in the reinforcement phase increases the stiffness of the composite.