Design And Dynamic Analysis Of Composite Rear Axle Housing Tube Of Tractors

Abstract

Tractor is an off road vehicle which is considered to be any type of vehicle which is capable of driving on and off paved or gravel surface. Off-road vehicle operating conditions vary over wide range. The main source of changes is variety of applications and Implements and soil conditions. To match the operating speeds & torques to pull different implements number of ratios provided on off road vehicle are more in number. Also the usage pattern may change drastically as per regional requirement. In addition soil types and moisture content change the traction performance. Thus it is important to analyze rear axle shaft of tractor so that we can solve problems regarding breakdowns and failures during field operations. In this project, the material of the rear axle shaft is to be modified with composite materials and its corresponding mechanical properties were to determined using standard test methods as well as using software’s. Design operations of composite rear axle is carried out using the CAD application NX(UNI GRAPHICS).Later it is converted to parasolid model for the further applications and then it is imported to Ansys software and performed the dynamic analysis over the component and projecting the applicable results.