4.1. Geometrical modeling
The geometrical model of a given dimension, 915 mm in length, 57 mm in width and 7 mm thick of single steel leaf spring was prepared by solid works 17 software. After this geometrical model was imported to the ANSYS software for conducting stress analysis. The geometrical model of steel leaf spring is shown in Fig. 4.1.
After that, the geometric model has imported into ANSYS 18.0. The appropriate material properties of EN45 steel spring were assigned to the geometrical model for analysis purposes