International Journal of Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation

Abstract

Design and Empirical Analysis of Selected Machine Elements from Composite Materials is Better to Use

Alie Wube Dametew

Weight reducing weights, improving mechanical properties and maintaining strength of mechanical components are critical task in all manufacturing industries. However, this compressive advantage was achieved by the proper design, manufacturing and material selection of composite materials. Thus, the objective of this paper was to design and analyse a composite tailstock dead centre support to improve the traditional metallic material tailstock dead centre supports. Since, this replacement of composite materials for traditional metallic materials have many advantages because of higher specific stiffness, wear resistance, light weight, and strength of composite materials. In this empirical study was included and addressed with the replacement of conventional steel tailstock dead centre support from composite materials. Since the HS Glass/Epoxy is used as composite material and the weight minimization improving design parameters were done in the study. However the design optimization analysis indicates that, there was significant improvement is observed in the performance of tailstock dead centre support (in terms of weight, strength, thermal resistance). The study also attempt analyses has the deflection, the effects of stresses, wear-resistance, thermal effect natural frequencies under subjected loads using mathematical analysis were done. In the conclusion, the study investigates that light weight, safe and economical tailstock supports are made from HS carbon/Epoxy material using filament winding process. As well supplementary evaluation carried out for both steel and composite materials and weight of the tailstock dead centre support is optimized and stress intensity factor found for both Steel and composite tailstock dead centre support will consider.