ABSTRACT

Connecting rod is one of the important components of the whole engine assembly as it acts as a mediator between piston assembly and crankshaft. It’s converting the reciprocating motion of the piston to rotary motion of the crank; also it faces a lot of tensile and compressive loads during its life time. Generally connecting rods are manufactured using carbon steel and in recent days aluminium alloys are finding its application in connecting rod. In this work connecting rod is replaced by aluminium and it also describes the modelling and thermal analysis of connecting rod. Catia solid modelling software is used to generate the 3-D solid model of Connecting rod. Ansys software is used to analyze the connecting rod. The main aim of the project is to analysis the thermal stresses of connecting rod by varying material with same geometry.