Drive shaft plays a significant role in automotive power transmission. The weight of the drive shaft should be optimum to get better outcome. The selection of drive shaft is done based on the designed torsional strength. It means that torsional strength should be same irrespective of the material. In this present work the effort has been taken to evaluate the torsional strength of composite material drive shaft keeping the dimensions unaltered. Here drive shaft is manufactured using wire wound method. The materials chosen are glass fiber and epoxy as a main constituent. The efforts show the possible replacement of exiting drive shaft with composite one keeping all design parameters as constants.

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玻璃纤维环氧复合材料轴的制作及抗扭强度评价

传动轴在汽车动力传输中起着举足轻重的作用。驱动轴的重量应该是最佳的，以获得更好的结果。根据设计的抗扭强度选择驱动轴。这意味着无论材料如何，扭转强度都应该相同。在目前的工作中，已努力评估复合材料驱动轴的抗扭强度，保持尺寸不变。这里的驱动轴是使用绕线方法制造的。所选材料以玻璃纤维和环氧树脂为主要成分。这些努力表明，在保持所有设计参数不变的情况下，可以用复合材料代替现有的驱动轴。