DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A COMPOSITE BEVEL GEAR IN AN AUTOMOBILE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR BOX

In automotive Industry,the differential gear plays an important role in power transmission as well as in the handling of the automobile.It transmits torque through three different shafts. This project deals with the design and optimization of the differential gear box through use of composite material. The solid modelling is done by using SOLIDWORKS. Static analysis is performed on the gear using Ni-CR steel, malleable cast iron, aluminium alloy and glass filled polyamide using ANSYS 14.5 The results are tabulated for Von- Misesstress, strain and deformation and compared against the composite material. The composite differential gear box is compared against the other currently used materials and the reults are concluded accordingly.