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Evaluation of Vibration of a Crankshaft and a Driveshaft Using FEM

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The present paper is based on comparative studies of modal analysis of a four-cylinder crankshaft and a driveshaft of different materials which includes metals, alloys as well as composites. The five materials chosen for this investigation are steel, gray cast iron, titanium alloy, E-glass/epoxy unidirectional composite and carbon/epoxy unidirectional composite. Modal analysis was carried out on the crankshaft and the driveshaft using commercially available software ANSYS, which solves problems based on linear and nonlinear behavior for obtaining natural frequency and deformation at different modes with different materials. In order to achieve accurate results, the loading and boundary conditions were taken as in the case of real-life situations. Maximum total deformation was achieved by the composites, followed by alloys and finally the metals, with the minimum deformation. The results were then compared by conducting a parametric study, and an alternative material has been proposed from the investigation.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India

    Apoorv Rathi, Joy Banerjee & R. K. Misra

  2. Department of Mechanical & Automation Engineering, G.B. Pant Govt. Engineering College, New Delhi, India

    Anurag Dixit

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    H. S. Mali

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  1. Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sanjay Singh

  2. DTC Secretariat, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Pushkar Raj

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Samir Tambe

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Rathi, A., Banerjee, J., Dixit, A., Misra, R.K., Mali, H.S. (2018). Evaluation of Vibration of a Crankshaft and a Driveshaft Using FEM. In: Singh, S., Raj, P., Tambe, S. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5849-3_25

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