ABSTRACT

A friction clutch is a most essential component in the process of power transmission. The role of clutch is to initiate the motion or increase the velocity of a body generally by transferring kinetic energy from another moving body. To avoid failure and to have optimal weight and cost, it is necessary to find the stresses and analyze vibration characteristics of a clutch. The project deals with designing a friction clutch assembly using Pro-e software and its structural analysis using ANSYS software. Modal analysis is done to optimize the natural frequency of the single plate friction clutch to avoid being in resonance with the engine frequency range. The results show that natural frequencies of original model and natural frequencies of simplified model are in good agreement with each other.