Design Analysis of Universal Joint by Using Different Materials

The Universal joint is considered as one of the earliest flexible couplings that enables the connection of one or more spinning shafts with angled axes, allowing the transmission of torque. Generally, it consists of two hinges that are closely spaced, oriented at 90° to one another, and joined by a cross shaft. The yoke shaft connected to the engine is known to as the input shaft, while the other is called to as the output shaft. About 25% of the failure in Power transmission system arises due to faults in manufacturing, design errors and materials used in universal joint. Here we have designed with some modification in the existing model using solid works and perform static structural analysis to identify the nature and characteristics of stresses acting on the universal joint and evaluate the influence of the load/mass geometry/boundary conditions over it using ANSYS software.