Static Structural Analysis of Industrial and Automobile Suspension System

Suspension system is an important component in any automobile. Whenever any automobile is in moving condition, we need some system to absorb the shocks and jerks which happen because of irregularities, pits and holes on the road. Suspension system is employed for this vary role. Suspension systems may be of several types but for current study, compression helical spring has been considered. Conventionally low carbon steel (mild steel or structural steel) has been used for manufacturing the disc brake rotors but it is accompanied by a large weight which in turn increases the overall weight of vehicle. This increased weight increases the losses occurring in the vehicle during movement. It also reduces the mechanical efficiency. To counter these two problems, we must go for some other materials which can have lower weight & higher tensile strength, compressive strength etc. In this particular study six different materials have been tried & tested. These materials are Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium, Carbon Fibre, Epoxy Carbon, Epoxy E-Glass, High Carbon Steel, Inconel 625, Inconel 718, Stainless Steel and Titanium Alloy. These materials have been analysed for Total Deformation, Shear Stress, Shear Elastic Strain, Equivalent Stress, Maximum Principal Stress, Maximum Shear Stress & Weight. In the end a comparative analysis has been presented. In order to develop the model of disc brake rotor for conducting analytical solution in software, CATIA V5-6 R2017 software will be used to develop the model & ANSYS 19.2 will be used to analyze the model.