Design and Analysis of Connecting Rods

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A connecting rod is a machine member which is subjected to alternating direct compressive and tensile forces. Since the compressive forces are much higher than the tensile force, therefore the cross-section of the connecting rod is designed as a strut and the Rankine formula is used. A connecting rod subjected to an axial load F may buckle with x-axis as neutral axis in the plane of motion of the connecting rod, {or} y-axis is a neutral axis. The connecting rod is considered like both ends hinged for buckling about x axis and both ends fixed for buckling about y-axis. A connecting rod should be equally strong in buckling about either axis [8]. Let, A = cross sectional area of the connecting rod. l = length of the connecting rod. c = compressive …show more content…

8 Total Deformation of Cast Iron Connecting Rod Total deformation of connecting rod after applied pressure of 16 Mpa is shown in figure no. 8.Small end of connecting rod will show the maximum deformation & there will be no any deformation at big end of connecting rod as it is fixed. The maximum deformation of 1.252 e-8 mm will occur at small end. Fig. 9 Von- Mises Stress of ASTM A216 Gr WCB Connecting Rod For the other material ASTM A216 Gr WCB same pressure of 16 Mpa is applied and the stress developed is approximately as similar to the connecting rod made with material of cast iron. Figure no. 9 indicates the maximum and minimum stress developed in connecting rod at small & big end. The equivalent stress maximum and minimum values are 71.347 MPa and 4.4955e-5 MPa respectively. Fig. 10 Elastic Strain of ASTM A216 Gr WCB Connecting Rod Elastic strain region at small and big end of connecting rod is shown in figure no. 10. The maximum and minimum equivalent strain values are 0.00033975 and 2.1407e-10 respectively. Due to applied pressure there will be change in original dimensions of the connecting rod and hence strain developed can be

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