The advantages of having higher stiffness to weight ratio and strength to weigh ratio that composite materials have resulted in an increased interest in them. In automotive engineering, the weight savings has positive impacts on other attributes like fuel economy and possible noise, vibration and harshness (NVH). The driveline of an automotive system can be a target for possible use of composite materials. The design of the driveshaft of an automotive system is primarily driven by its natural frequency. This paper presents an exact solution for the vibration of a composite driveshaft with intermediate joints. The joint is modeled as a frictionless internal hinge. The Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is used. Lumped masses are placed on each side of the joint to represent the joint mass. Equations of motion are developed using the appropriate boundary conditions and then solved exactly.


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    Title :

    Transverse Vibration of a Composite Shaft


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2009 Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition ; 2009



    Publication date :

    2009-05-19




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English