International Journal of Engineering and Technology

In this paper, a suitable approach for the optimization of spring parameters, namely spring wire diameter, spring index and number of active coils of two wheeler rear suspension systems with multiple responses such as strain energy and weight based on orthogonal arrays with grey relational analysis is used. A grey relational grade is obtained from the grey analysis. Based on the grey relational grade, optimum levels of parameters have been identified and significant contribution of parameters is determined by ANOVA. Confirmation test is conducted to validate the test result. Experimental results have shown that the responses of spring can be improved effectively through this novel approach.