Abstract: The purpose of the Present work is to find the buckling characteristics of Hybrid composite Propeller Shaft made up of low carbon steel, epoxy, S- glass and T700 fiber which can replace the conventional propeller shaft made of steel. Models of both steel propeller shaft and the hybrid composite propeller shafts are created and then buckling analysis is carried out using ANSYS 14.5. Comparative results show that Hybrid Composite shaft has got maximum load multiplier value than the steel shaft which means that the Hybrid composite shaft can sustain more torsional load compare to steel shaft. Therefore from the results we can conclude that the conventional steel shafts can be replaced by the Hybrid composite shafts so that we can reduce the weight of the propeller shaft which ultimately increases the performance of the automobiles and air vehicles.

Keywords: Hybrid composite Propeller Shaft, ANSYS 14.5, buckling analysis

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.81206