4. Finite element analysis
Finite element analysis is a method to solve engineering problems and to predict the behavior of the components in real working. Finite element analysis used in the structural, heat transfer, fluid flow, and mass transport area. To solve any problem, finite element analysis divides the problem into small parts. The finite element analysis based software like ANSYS, NASTRAN, ABACUS, CATIA and SOLID WORKS uses for analysis purposes. The FEA software ANSYS 18.0 has used for stress analysis of steel leaf spring and spring of composite material. The objective of this analysis was to find out the stress development of spring of steel and leaf springs of composite material under a given load and compare the results of spring of steel and composite material based leaf spring. The comparison of the result of leaf spring made from metal matrix composite material with steel leaf spring gives validation to the use of leaf spring of metal matrix composite material in place of traditional steel leaf spring.