Design and Analysis of Drive Shaft

Design and Analysis of Drive Shaft

Author Name : Mamidisetti Srirama Naga Vivek, N. Vasudeva Rao

ABSTRACT A driveshaft is a rotating shaft that transfers power from the engine to the differential gear in a rear wheel drive vehicles. Cylindrical shafts, with universal joints, are used on rear-wheel or four-wheel drive vehicles.. They send drive from the gearbox output to the final drive in the rear axle and drive then further continue through the final drive and differential. A hollow steel tube is used for the driveshaft. This is lightweight, but will still transfer considerable torque and resist bending moments. The objective of the drive shaft is to link with the transmission shaft with the help of universal joint. Shafts must be extremely tough and light to improve the overall act of the vehicle. Automobile industries are traveling materials which have high quality and reliability. A hollow tube is used for the main shaft. In actual, driveshaft is subjected to two types of loads i.e. torsional and vibrations. In this project, We can use Steel(AISI 1050),EN8, EN 32 and EN 19 steel alloys. We can check the four different materials for the drive shaft. Also check the different types of loads, stress. Also check by two types of analysis, A static and fatigue analysis is used to study the effects of steady loading condition on a structure. By getting best result we can choose that material for the Drive shaft.