A REVIEW: VIBRATION FREQUENCY OPTIMIZATION OF AUTOMOBILE LEAF SPRING USING DIFFERENT ANGLES OF ORIENTATION OF GLASS FIBER

Abstract

Weight reduction with improved strength of design is an important research topic all around the globe.
One very common solution for this issue now a days are composite material. Leaf springs are important for a suspension
of sprung mass in the vehicle; it softens the effect of road vibrations on vehicle. The objective of this work is to find out
the feasibility of GFRP as the material for replacement of steel in leaf spring application. The strength of the leaf spring
using different angles of orientation of the fiber needs to be studied to find out the optimum angle of orientation for the
vibration frequency optimization. It will include studying leaf with different fiber orientation angles and comparison of
their vibration frequencies with the steel leaf spring used conventionally.