Design and Analysis of I.C. Engine Piston Using Finite Element Analysis (Ansys)

Abstract

Now a days, due to the increased use of automobile demands of engine is increased. Due to which the demands of engine component is high. Piston is one of the most important component of engine. In this we study to design a piston of suitable design using three different materials and then structural analysis is performed to analyse the stress distribution over the piston using FEA (finite element analysis). Three pistons of different materials are designed using materials properties on CATIA and then the whole design is imported to ANSYS software where the structural analysis of the piston is performed by applying the boundary conditions i.e pressure. After this the equivalent stress, strain and deformation are analysed at the real engine conditions. These materials are Al 6061, Al 4032 and Cast iron FG200. The main objective is to investigate and analyse the stress distribution over the piston at real engine condition during combustion process. 

KEYWORDS- CATIA; ANSYS; WORKBENCH; Piston; Boundary Conditions; Stress; Pressure.