Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Po Jin Kim

Dai Gil Lee

Jae Wook Kwon

Jin Kook Kim

Seung Hwan Chang

Seong Sik Cheon

Jin Kyung Choi

Durk Hyun Cho

Kyung Geun Bang

Je Hoon Oh

A hybrid shaft adapted to be used as a drive shaft of an automobile transmission system comprises a unitary cylindrical hybrid stem formed from a metal tube and a composite material layer adhered to the metal tube. The metal tube provides torque-transmission strength to the hybrid shaft while the composite material layer increases a specific modulus of the hybrid shaft. The hybrid shaft is produced by stacking a composite material layer on a metal tube, putting a thermal shrinkage tube on the composite material layer, and co-curing the metal tube and the composite material layer while exerting a longitudinal compression force on the metal tube to prevent it from being thermally expanded.

Method for producing hybrid driveshaft

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Busan, South Korea

Po Jin Kim