Analysis of laminated plain carbon steel leaf spring in maxi truck

The number of parts in motor vehicles can be replaced with composite materials and improvements in composite material mechanical properties. When compared to steel, it has a higher elastic strength and a higher strength-to-weight ratio. As a result, one of an automobile's components, the leaf spring, which bears the vehicle's full weight, is an excellent candidate for replacing steel with composite material. To reduce load of leaf spring, it has same dimensional geometry as the leaf spring. Leaf spring is built of a graphite epoxy composites material that is lower cost than steel and have geometrical as well as mechanical property that are comparable to the steel leaf spring. Leaf springs can be designed and analysed using Autocad, and static analysis can be performed on the springs using ANSYS software. Stresses and deflections can also be calculated.