Modal analysis of drive shaft using FEA

The objective of the drive shaft is to connect with the transmission shaft with the help of universal joint whose axis intersects and the rotation of one shaft about its own axis results in rotation of other shaft about its axis. The model of drive shaft has been generated in Solidworks and then impored in ANSYS workbench. In this work finite element analysis of a drive shaft has been taken as a case study. In the present work the modal analysis of a drive shaft has been carried out the inherent frequencies and vibration mode shapes with their respective deformation. The maximum stress point and dangerous areas are found by the deformation analysis of drive shaft. The relationship between the frequency and the vibration modal is explained by the modal analysis of drive shaft