TY - JFULL AU - D. Abdul Budan and T.S. Manjunatha PY - 2010/11/ TI - Investigation on the Feasibility of Composite Coil Spring for Automotive Applications T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 1034 EP - 1039 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3280 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 46, 2010 N2 - This paper demonstrates the feasibility of replacing the metal coil spring with the composite coil spring. Three different types of springs were made using glass fiber, carbon fiber and combination of glass fiber and carbon fiber. The objective of the study is to reduce the weight of the spring. According to the experimental results the spring rate of the carbon fiber spring is 34% more than the glass fiber spring and 45% more than the glass fiber/carbon fiber spring. The weight of the carbon fiber spring is 18% less than the glass fiber spring, 15% less than the Glass fiber/carbon fiber spring and 80% less than the steel spring. ER -