Design and Analysis of Connecting Rod using Different Materials

Abstract

Connecting rods are practically generally used in
all varieties of automobile engines connecting rod
acting as a converting intermediate link between
the piston and the crankshaft of the engine, by the
reciprocating motion of the piston to the rotary
motion of crankshaft. Thus, this study aims to
carry out for the load strain, stress, total
deformation and analysis of factor of safety of pin
end of the connecting rod of different materials.
The components are big shank, a small end and a
big end. It sustains force generated by mass &
fuel combustion. The resulting bending stresses
appear due to eccentricities, crank shaft, case
wall deformation & rotational mass. FEA
approach deals with structural analysis along
with various parameters which affects its working
& define best solution to overcome the barriers
associated with it. This thesis describes designing
and Analysis of connecting rod. Currently
existing connecting rod is manufactured by using
Carbon steel. In this drawing is drafted from the
calculations. A parametric model of Connecting
rod is modelled using CATIA V5 R20 software
and to that model, analysis is carried out by using
ANSYS 15.0 Software. Finite element analysis of
connecting rod is done by considering the
materials, viz. For C70 Steel, Belgium. The best
combination of parameters like Von misses Stress
and strain, Deformation, Factor of safety and
weight reduction for two-wheeler piston were
done in ANSYS software.