Stress Analysis Of Connecting Rod Using Finite Element Method

In a reciprocating piston engine, the connecting rod connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft. The connecting rod is the intermediate member between the piston and crankshaft. Its primer function is to transmit the push and pull from the piston pin to the crankpin and thus convert the reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotary motion of the crank. There are different types of material and production method used in the creation of connecting rod. For the project work we have selected connecting rod used in light commercial vehicle of Tata motors. The main objective of this work is to explore weight reduction opportunities in the connecting rod of an I. C. engine by examining various materials such as steel alloy, cost Iron, Structural steel. This was entailed by performing a detailed load analysis. Therefore this study has deals with two subject first static load and stress analysis of connecting rod and second, Design optimization for suitable material to minimize the deflection. We used Solid works software for Design and ANSYS Workbench 14.0 for analysis.