Static & Thermal Analysis of Positive Multiple Friction Plate using FEA Package

Clutch is a mechanical device, which is used to engage or disengage the source of power from the rest of the\ud power transmission system at the operator’s will. The clutch can connect or disconnect the driving shaft from\ud the driven shaft when necessary. Clutches are designed to transfer maximum torque with minimum heat\ud generation. During engagement and disengagement the two clutch discs has the sliding motion between them.\ud The project contains that designing and analysis of two positive multi friction plates.\ud For the designing of the friction plates 3d modeling software used and for the analysis ansys package is used.\ud In the analysis part the two models are analyzed with different materials by conducting two types of analysis\ud which are structural and thermal.\ud Structural analysis is done to find out the stress values and the thermal analysis done to find out the temperature\ud distribution on the model. By these two analysis results we are suggesting the best material to the effective\ud model of the multiple friction plate