Finite Element Analysis Carbon Fiber Sprocket using ANSYS

In this study of the stress of chain drive, existing sprocket of Bajaj Pulsar 180 motorcycle is compared with the sprocket of carbon fiber material. It has been achieved by using ANSYS 13, by applying torque in to the model of sprocket. Sprocket of mild steel (MS) is considered as an object and input variables have been taken from standard conventional rear wheel sprocket model of Bajaj Pulsar 180. Sprocket has been designed as per standard design procedure with input data of Bajaj Pulsar 180. Then CAD model is made by the commands in Catia V5 R19 of pad, pocket, fillet, and geometrical selections in part design module. Pre-processing like meshing is carried in Hypermesh 12.0. With insertion of that model into the ANSYS 13 for post-processing with different properties of stainless steel we found different values of Von-Misses stress and total deformation. With same model of sprocket, analysis has been carried out in ANSYS 13 with different properties of carbon fiber.