A Review on: Notch Shaft Used in All Terrain Vehicles

Notched shaft is that the most vital part to any power transmission application; automotive notch Shaft is one in every of this. A notch shaft may be a mechanical half that transmits the torsion generated by a vehicle's engine into usable driving force to propel the vehicle. Substituting composite structures for traditional steel structures has several benefits as a result of the strength and higher specific stiffness of composite materials. 2013TRX400X model of ATV is used for the study. This paper focuses on study of notch and notch shaft also known as drive shaft of ATV. Previously, the axle shafts were manufactured in Mild Steel and were straight tapering shapes. Later, they were modified into notched shapes for high power ATVs. This study will show the effect of notch on shaft that where the stress concentration can be more. To increase the strength conventionally used steel material can be replaced with composite material.