Conventional leaf spring made up of conventional materials like plain carbon steel are heavy and add weight to vehicle
which reduces mileage. This necessitates new material which is light in weight and could provide adequate strength to leaf
spring along with higher strain energy absorption to absorb shocks. The current research is intended to study the structural and
vibrational characteristics of leaf spring made of P100/6061 Al, P100/AZ 91C Mg and structural steel materials. The
investigation is carried out using ANSYS FEA software. The FEA results have shown that P100/AZ/ 91C generated lower
stresses as compared to P100/6061 Al and structural steel material. The modal analysis of leaf spring aided to determine mass
participation factor and mode shapes corresponding to each frequency.
