ABSTRACT: A friction clutch is an essential component in the process of power transmission. Due to this importance, it's necessary to investigate the stresses and vibration characteristics of the rigid clutch disc to avoid failure and obtain optimal weight and cost. This work presents the solution of computing the stresses and deformations during the steady-state period, as well as the vibration characteristics of the rigid clutch disc. Furthermore, new models for rigid clutch disc have been suggested. In this the materials of the clutch disc is same and vary the shape of optimization. The response of the new suggested models has been compared to the reference model. Three-dimensional CAD model of clutch disc is designed using CATIA V5R20. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software ANSYS Version 19.0 is used to determine the total deformation and equivalent stresses, strain in clutch disc. Experimental investigation will be done by FFT analyzer and impact hammer test . Comparative analysis of FEA and Experimental will be done for validation of work. Conclusion and future scope will be suggested.

| DOI: 10.17148/IJIREEICE.2022.10513