Track: Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
Abstract
A piston is a reciprocating component of an I.C. engine which converts the chemical energy obtained from combustion of fuel into mechanical power. Failure of piston occurs due the induced thermal stresses and the mechanical stresses. The main objective of this work is to design a piston and analyze the temperature and stress distribution by performing structural analysis and thermal analysis on the piston. The factor of safety is determined for the four materials of piston. Modeling of piston is done in Creo parametric 5.0 software. The structural s and thermal analysis of piston is performed using ANSYS workbench and the factor of safety is determined. By determining the factor of safety of the materials, the material with highest factor of safety is to be used to increase the life of the piston.