A Reference Book on IC Engine Connecting Rod Design by CAD/CAE Aproach

Now a day, the main problem in the field of design and development of IC engine is concerned with reducing fuel consumption and specific power output.Simultaneously, component should be durable. Moreover the problem becomes more complex as the requirements for high-speed engine are increasing. Connecting rod material must have low density in order to minimize inertia force and low coefficient of thermal expansion same time having high Yong’s Modulus. Which is possible by newly developed materials. Looking to the complexity of the geometrical forms and the boundary condition involved, in formulating the mathematical model used to calculate the stresses developed in connecting rod of internal combustion engine, it is not possible to use graphical, analytical or analogical methods in design procedure.Development in digital computer makes possible more versatile and generalized analysis methods,such as FEM makes design process stress free .