Design Analysis and Optimization of Coil Spring for Three-Wheeler Vehicles Using Composite Materials

Table 12

Strain energy comparison for the existing spring model.

Load (N)	Strain energy for the existing spring model (mJ)
	Steel spring	Carbon/epoxy spring	Carbon/CNT/epoxy spring
360	0.059575	0.6167	0.3930
720	0.2383	2.4671	1.5722
1080	0.53617	5.5510	3.5373
1440	0.9532	9.8685	6.2886
1810	1.506	15.591	9.9354
2160	2.1447	22.204	14.149
2520	2.9192	30.222	19.259
2880	3.8128	39.474	25.154
3240	4.8256	49.959	31.836
3600	5.9575	61.678	39.304