Static analysis and fatigue life prediction of steel and composite leaf spring for light passenger vehicles

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Senthil Kumar, M ^a   Vijayarangan, S ^b  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DR MAHALINGAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Composite multi leaf spring; E Glass Epoxy; Fatigue life; Ride comfort; Static analysis; Suspension system

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SPRINGS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LOAD LIMITS; STEEL; STIFFNESS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; STATIC RESPONSE; STEEL; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE COMPONENT;

EID: 33847101729     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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