Author : M.S.Yadav and L. B. Raut

This paper presents the review of the studies carried out on the replacement of convensional two-piece metallic drive shaft by one-piece hybrid composite matrial drive shaft.Use of advanced composite material has remarkable achievement in many fields including aviation,marine ,automobile engineering,medicalarea,prosthetics and sport,in terms of improved fatigue,corrosion resistance hight specific strength and specific moduls and reduction in weight.Repacement of steel drive shaft by composite material is very important. The conventional drive shafts are made in two pieces for reducing the bending natural frequency, whereas the hybrid composite shafts can be made as single-piece shafts, thus reducing the overall weight.

Keywords: Hybrid, Prosthetics, Aviation, composite

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.7, No.3 (June-2017)