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DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF A LEAF SPRING USING COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Author’s Name :  Srikanth Sudhani

Volume 02 Issue 04  Year 2015  ISSN No:  2349-3860  Page no: 15-19

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Abstract:

A leaf spring is a simple form of spring, commonly used for the suspension in wheeled vehicles. Leaf Springs are long and narrow plates attached to the frame of a trailer that rest above or below the trailer’s axle. There are mono leaf springs, or single-leaf springs, that consist of simply one plate of spring steel. These are usually thick in the middle and taper out toward the end, and they don’t typically offer too much strength and suspension for towed vehicles. Drivers looking to tow heavier loads typically use multi leaf springs, which consist of several leaf springs of varying length stacked on top of each other. The shorter the leaf spring, the closer to the bottom it will be, giving it the same semi elliptical shape a single leaf spring gets from being thicker in the middle.

Key Words:

Leaf Spring, Composite Materials

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