Design and Computational Investigation of Double Piston U-Shaped Single Connecting Rod in Remodelled Internal Combustion Engines

G  Ragul; Arun Thampi; Tedy Thomas; C  P  Praveen; Into Jacob; V  Jayakumar  and S  Naveen Kumar

doi:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i36/100827

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Design and Computational Investigation of Double Piston U-Shaped Single Connecting Rod in Remodelled Internal Combustion Engines

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i36/100827

Year: 2016, Volume: 9, Issue: 36, Pages: 1-10

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Design and Computational Investigation of Double Piston U-Shaped Single Connecting Rod in Remodelled Internal Combustion Engines

G. Ragul^{1 *}, Arun Thampi² , Tedy Thomas² , C. P. Praveen² , Into Jacob² , V. Jayakumar³ and S. Naveen Kumar⁴

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Budge Budge Institute of Technology, Kolkata – 700137, West Bengal, India; [email protected]
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nehru College of Engineering and Research Centre, Thrissur – 680597, Kerala, India; [email protected]
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³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University, Chennai – 602105, India; [email protected]
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, St. Josephs College of Engineering, Chennai - 600119, Tamil Nadu, India; [email protected]
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Objectives: This paper aims at studying force distribution characteristics and load with standing capability of a remodelled IC engine piston connecting rod arrangement where the conventional single piston single connecting rod arrangement is replaced by linking two pistons with a single connecting rod. Methods\Statistical Analysis: 3D Modelling of the arrangement is carried out using Solid works while force analysis of the model is done using ANSYS workbench. Parallel twin cylinder 4 stroke petrol engine is utilized as reference for creating the model and analysis purpose. Findings: The results gives the theoretical evidence that there can be a considerable reduction in engine weight and complexity with this new arrangement with stress, deformation and strain values lying within the boundary. Applications\Improvements: This arrangement gives extra room for lubricants thereby indeed indirectly increasing performance characteristics.
Keywords: Aluminium Alloy, Brake Power, Connecting Rod, Piston, Internal Combustion Engine, Solid Works and Ansys