Abstract:
The Drive Shaft carries fundamental importance in power transmission. Nowadays focus is on
to transmit power with losses being as low as possible. Design of a previous research thesis was
revalidated. Two models were under consideration. One of CFRP Composite and the second of
Hybrid nature in which Aluminium layer has been wound over the Carbon Composite layers.
The plies’ thickness and angles were varied. Three analyses namely Static Structural, Linear
Buckling & Modal Analysis were carried out in ANSYS workbench 15. Effects on Frequency and
IRF were studied to evaluate the designs. Aim was to achieve high strength with less mass.
Hybrid drive shafts are becoming very useful in the industry as they are lightweight as
compared to metals and provide ease of joining with other metals.
