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Abstract- Connecting rod is the intermediate link between the piston and the crank. And is responsible to transmit the push
and pull from the piston pin to crank pin, thus converting the reciprocating motion of the piston to rotary motion of the
crank. Generally connecting rods are manufactured using carbon steel and in recent days aluminium alloys are finding its
application in connecting rod. In this work connecting rod is replaced by aluminium based composite material reinforced
with silicon carbide and fly ash. And it also describes the modeling and analysis of connecting rod. FEA analysis was carried
out by considering two materials of connecting rod for 180cc engine. The parameters like von misses stress and
displacement were obtained from ANSYS software. Compared to the former material the new material foundto have less
weight and better stiffness. It resulted in reduction of 39.48% of weight, with 64.23%reduction in displacement.
Keywords- Connecting Rod, Ansys, Composite, Silicon Carbide, Fly Ash, Analysis
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TABLE 1
MATERIAL PROPERTIES USED FOR ANALYSIS
From standards,
Thickness of flange and web of the section = t
Width of the section B = 4t
Height of the section H = 5t
Area of the section A = 11t
Moment of inertia about x axis Ixx= 34.91t4
Moment of inertia about y axis Iyy= 10.91t4
Therefore Ixx/Iyy= 3.2
So, in the case of this section (assumed section) Fig 2. Model of connecting rod
proportions shown above will be satisfactory.
Length of the connecting rod (L) = 2 times the stroke
L = 56 mm
Fp= ( d2/4) * gas pressure
Fp= 38003.56 N
Radius of crank,
r= = = 28 mm
Fig 3. Meshed model of connecting rod
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ANALYSIS
For the finite element analysis, 13MPa of pressure is
used. The analysis is carried out using ANSYS
software. The pressure is applied at the small end of
connecting rod keeping big end fixed. The
maximum and minimum von-misses stress,
Fig 5. Tensile load applied at piston end displacement are noted from ANSYS.
TABLE 2
COMPARISON OF STRESS AND DISPlACEMENT FOR DIFFERENT MATERIALS
Sr Material Tensile load Compressive load
no Stress Displacement Stress Displacement(mm)
(MPa) (mm) (MPa)
1 Old material 79.637 0.0349 42.882 0.059
2 AL6061-9%SiC- 114.17 0.123 60.019 0.0214
15% fly ash
3 percentage 43.36 64.75 39.96 63.72
1.VON-MISES STRESS PLOTS: From fig 7.the maximum stress occurs at the piston
end of the connecting rod is 79.637 Mpa. From the
fig 8 the maximum stress occurs at the pistonend of
the connecting rod is 114.17 Mpa.
Fig 8.Von mises stress for tensile load,ALFASiC Fig 10.Von mises stress for compressrive load, ALFASiC
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From fig 9.the maximum stress occurs at the piston From the fig 13 the maximum displacement occurs in
end of the connecting rod is 42.882 Mpa. From the the connecting rod is 0. 059 mm. From the fig 14 the
fig 10 the maximum stress occurs at the pistonend of maximum displacement occurs in the connecting rod
the connecting rod is 60.019 Mpa. is 0. 0214 mm.
CONCLUSION
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