EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON TORSION BAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM USING E- GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL

M. Manikandan, K. Raja, V.S. Chandrasekar

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate torsion deflections and energy storage of the composite bar in torsion bar suspension system. In this experimental study, round solid steel bar is machined and wounded with E-Glass/ Epoxy were manufactured by filament winding process. The experiment was carried out on a torsion test machine, which was built specifically to investigate the static and dynamic characteristics of torsion spring bar used in vehicle suspension system. This paper provides fundamental knowledge of torsion test and significant parameters such as torque, modulus of resilience in torsion and angle of twist has been highlighted. The torsion deflections were obtained experimentally. The results of experimental study are compared with the conventional torsion suspension system

Keywords: E-Glass/Epoxy, Resilience, Torsion bar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0323015