Optimization of Ply-Laminated Stacking Sequence for Composite Drive Shaft

• Published in: Journal of failure analysis and prevention Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 176 - 190
• Main Author: Soliman, Ehab Samir Mohamed Mohamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Materials Park Springer Nature B.V 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Finite element method; Optimization; Shafts (machine elements); Stacking sequence (composite materials); Weight reduction
• ISSN: 1547-7029; 1864-1245
• DOI: 10.1007/s11668-022-01562-y

The objective of this paper was to obtain safe composite drive shaft having enough higher performance with less weight over steel one. For this purpose, finite element analysis FEA for five cases of different stacking sequence for composite drive shaft is carried out. Stacking sequence for these five cases is as the following case 1: [+ 45°/− 45°]8, case 2: [+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/0°/0°]2, case 3: [0°/0°/+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°]2, case 4: [+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/90°/90°]2 and case 5: [+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/+ 45°/− 45°/90°/0°]2. FEA results for these five cases are compared, and the comparison showed that cases 4 and 5 are optimum stacking sequence for composite drive shaft. FEA results for these two cases are compared with those of conventional steel drive shaft. The results showed that the composite drive shaft satisfies Tsai–Wu strength failure criteria with smooth operating where it has much higher safety in von misses stress and higher of critical speed and torsional buckling frequencies with weight saving 78.7% over conventional steel drive shaft.