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Almost all automobile vehicles having transmission shafts. Present time the main issue of automobile industryare weight reduction. The weight reduction of the drive shaft can have a certain role in the general weight reductio n ofthe vehicle and is a highly desirable goal. Substituting composite structures for conventional metallic structures has manyadvantages because of higher specific stiffness and strength of composite materials. The advanced composite materialssuch as graphite, carbon, Kevlar and Glass with suitable resins are widely used because of their high specific strength andhigh specific modulus. The achievement of weight reduction with adequate improvement of mechanical properties hasmade composite a very good replacement material for conventional steel drive shaft. Advanced composite materials seemideally suited for long power drive shaft applications. The automotive industry is exploiting composite materialtechnology for structural components construction in order to obtain the reduction of the weight without decrease invehicle quality and reliability. It is known that energy conservation is one of the most important objectives in vehicledesign and reduction of weight is one of the most effective measures to obtain this result. Actually, there is almost adirect proportionality between the weight of a vehicle and its fuel consumption, particularly in city driving. This presentwork includes, modelling and analysis of both the steel and composite drive shaft by changing in diameter have beendone using Pro-E and ANSYS 12.1 software and concludes that the use of composite materials for drive shaft wouldinduce less amount of stress which additionally reduces the weight of the vehicle.

Deepti kushwaha, Gaurav Saxena, “OPTIMAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT FOR A LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 8, pp. 107-113, August 2014.