IRJET- Transient Dynamic Analysis and Optimization of a Piston in an Automobile Engine

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Transient Dynamic Analysis and Optimization of a Piston in an
Automobile Engine
Krupal A1, Chandan R2, Jayanth H3, Ranjith V4
1M.Tech Scholar, Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
2,3,4Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
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Abstract - Piston sometimes called as heart of the
reciprocating engine. In any energy conversation system,
piston plays an important role. Piston failure takes place due
to mechanical and thermal stresses. Compared to other parts
of IC engine the piston works on very high thermal conditions
and is the most stressed component of the engine. The main
objective is to find out the maximum stresses acting on the
piston structure. The project deals with structural and
transient dynamic analysis. This is done by generating 3D
model using solid edge and then meshed with suitable loads
and boundary conditions by importing it to ABAQUS. A finite
element model of a piston is established by using the FEM
software. After the finite element modelling, natural
frequencies, mode shapes and the participation factors are
obtained from the modal analysis. By performing this, the
maximum stresses acting on the piston structure is found. The
stresses obtained from the FEA are used to get differentmodes
of vibrations and the factors are used for determining
maximum stresses with respect to time in stress distribution.
These maximum stresses acting on the piston are found
through the transient dynamic analysis. In this project the
aluminium alloy A6061 is used due to its own advantages.
Finally optimization is done by reducing the weight of the
piston and its size without affecting their characteristics.
Key Words: Piston, Finite element analysis, modal analysis,
transient dynamic analysis, optimization.
1. INTRODUCTION
Piston is one of the principal part in the engine. Its
motivation is to exchange constrains from developing gas
inside the chamber to the crankshaft by the help of
connecting rod. Since the piston is the principle part of an
engine, its developmentcreatesa changeinthesystemcalled
as imbalances. These irregular characteristicsorimbalances
for the most part prove itself as a vibration, whichmakesthe
engine get harmed. The contact between the dividers of the
chamber and the piston rings in the long run outcomes in
wear where it diminishes the compelling existence of the
component. The sound produced by engine can be irritable
therefore, many engines are provided with noise
suppression supplies which are utilized toreducevibrations
and noise. Transient means, something that fades with time.
The dynamic analysis which is in a time domain is called
Transient Dynamic Analysis. If the time history of loading is
added then we will get the time history of response. That
means, load vs. time will be the input. Response
(displacement, stresses, velocities, and acceleration’s) vs.
time will be the result. In dynamic analysis, there is
frequency/modal analysis and transient response analysis.
Optimization refers to minimize the shape and size of the
masses without affecting their characteristics and is to
minimize the stresses occurring on the piston head. To
reduce the stress concentration; the deformation must be
reduced while the piston head should have enough stiffness.
To know about the influence of parameters on piston stress
levels, number of iterations should be done by Optimization
tool.
2. METHODOLOGY
The basic step is to design the piston using specification.
Create a 3D model of piston by usingsolidworks(solidedge)
next it is imported in ABAQUS/CAE. And the next step is to
mesh the 3D model of piston using the tetra elements. Each
and every component is detached finely meshed and then
assembled back to its original shape. After the meshing is
completed then Perform stress and transient dynamic
analysis is done by using ABAQUS/standard. Then the
transient dynamic analysis is performed for Piston. The
stress distribution, vibration and transient dynamic
response of the piston are evaluated. Load conditions for all
the tests are as mandated as per recommended standards.
The instantaneous response of the piston is evaluated by
transient dynamic analysis. The strength and transient
dynamic characteristics of the Piston design is evaluated.
Further optimization based on the strength of the piston is
also evaluated as discussed further.
2.1 Stress Analysis
Linear static stress analysis of piston structure iscarriedout
using ABAQUS software. Initially the component is meshed
in Hyper Mesh and is imported to ABAQUS. Hyper mesh is a
pre-processor and post- processor, ABAQUS is the solver.
Static stress analysis determines the maximum stresses
induced in the piston structure to identify maximum
compression in the structure. Piston structures with
maximum compression loads are considered further
analysis.
2.2 Modal Analysis
Modular investigation is the normal attributes of the
mechanical structure. Every modular indicates the damping
ratio, natural frequency and mode shape during vibration.

There are two kinds of modular investigation techniques,
experimental modular analysis and calculating modular
analysis. In the primary strategy modular parameters are
obtained from thesecuringframework informationandyield
motions in the test. The following strategy is gotten by the
limited component figuring. The reverberation and
excitation make the blade to vibrate with single or mixed
modular shapes. These conditions couldn't be cleared up
utilizing strain gauges. Along these lines,heretheABAQUSis
utilized for investigation, to decide the regular recurrence
and mode shape.
2.3 Transient Dynamic Analysis
Under the action of time dependent loads the
dynamic response of a structure is analyzed. The time
varying displacement, strains and forces in a structure as it
response to combination of static, transient and harmonic
loads are determined. It also determines the response of
structure to a timedependentloadingconsideringtheinertia
and damping effects.
2.4 Material Properties
As shown in the table no [1] above we can assume
that the materials properties and the values for aluminum
alloy A6061 in a piston are given. Where this is made of
aluminum alloy which contains of magnesium along with
silicon as its major elements which are hardened,totallythis
material has outstanding properties which have a weld
ability of high range and this is commonly obtained. So due
to its application this aluminum 6016 is used to design the
piston. Atmospheric conditions and resistance towards sea
water for this alloy has excellent corrosion resistant and
here this alloy also provides nice finishing applications and
reacts well towards corrosion resistance. The above
paragraph gives us an idea why this alloy is used in design of
the piston.
Table-1: Material properties
2.5 Geometric Modelling
Fig -1: Geometric model
Fig -2: Front view
Fig-3: Isometric sector view
Solid works is a modeler which uses a featured based
parametric approach to generate model geometry and
assembly components. The Constraints are referred as
parameters which used to determine the shape of the model
geometry or assembly componentvalues.Parameterscanbe
geometric or numeric, numerical may be circle diameter or
different lengths of line and geometric parts, such may be
parallel, concentric, tangent etc. Model isbuiltinsolid works
by 2D sketch. Then to define the size and location,
dimensions are added to the sketch.

2.6 Meshing
Dividing the component into number ofelementswitha goal
whenever the load is applied on thecomponentitdistributes
the load uniformly is called as meshing. Thefigureshowsthe
normal direction for the piston element. The top surface of
the piston element has positive normal direction and is
referred as positive face for defining the contacts. The
bottom surface is negative normal direction along the
normal. Both negative and positive surface within the
element offsets referred to piston mid-surface.
Fig -4: FE Meshed model
Fig -5: Close view of the meshing
The FE modeling is quadratic tetrahedral elements of type
C3D10 as shown in above. Each element has 4 nodes for
quadratic and three nodes for triangular elements. These
elements provide accurate results when the structure is
under constant bending and membrane strain
approximations. A suitable finer element size is used to
capture the bending and static deflection in the structure.
Different elements, can replacetotriangles.However,C3D10
element become stiffer than quadratic, hence C3D10
elements are used. Free meshing techniques are common
meshing technique in ABAQUS and use hexa shell elementto
obtain the accurate and DOF.
3. RESULTS
3.1 Loads and Boundary Conditions
Fig -6: 3-D model Boundary conditions of piston
3.2 Static Stress Analysis
Fig -7: Radial growth plot of isometric sector model
Fig -8: Elemental stress analysis of isometric section view
of piston
Maximum displacement is found to be 1.27 mm which is
within the acceptable limit and the maximum stressisfound
to be 280 MPa in the piston, where the piston pin
experiencing a higher stresses.

3.3 Modal Analysis
Fig -9: 1st mode of vibration
Fig -10: 2nd mode of vibration
Fig -11: 3rd mode of vibration
Thecreated model incorporatedintoABQUASsolver
to obtain better results, the 1st modes of vibration to obtain
independent from applied load the nature frequency
obtained is 238.7 Hz with corresponding to displacement
1.34 mm, the 2nd mode of vibration the natural frequency is
412.08Hz with corresponding displacement of 1mm, in 3rd
mode the displacement is 1.33mm for natural frequency of
441.67Hz.From the above results, finally concluded that the
displacement decreases with increasing natural frequency,
The maximum displacement obtained is 1.34mm and the
maximum natural frequency from this result is 238.7Hz.
3.4 Transient Dynamic Analysis
The [fig 12] indicates the transient dynamic analysis of a
piston structure using ANSYS, it indicates that for the step
time of 4.9042E-3 the maximum dynamic displacement
obtained is 1.66 mm, which shows dynamic amplification
factor of 1.3 which is under the safe limit. The [fig 13]
indicates the plot of displacement v/s mode number, where
the tests are conducted and plotted above. Here the
displacements for particularmodes excitationbasedonmass
participation in independent directions are shown, among
that the maximum displacement obtained is 1.6 mm for a
particular mode number 0.3.
Fig -12: Transient dynamic analysis
Fig -13: Displacements for particular modes excitation
based on mass participation in independent directions
3.5 Optimization
Optimization refers to minimize the shape and size of the
masses without affecting their characteristics. Optimization
is to minimize the stresses occurring on the piston head. To
reduce the stress concentration; the deformation must be
reduced while the piston head should have enough stiffness.
To know about the influence of parameters on piston stress
levels, number of iterations should be done by Optimization
tool. From these results it will be possible to choose the best
value for each and every parameter taking into
considerations, the stress levels on the piston and the mass

of the piston. The aim is to minimize the stress present on
the piston head of non-optimized model with some safety
margin
4. CONCLUSION
The transient dynamic analysis proves to provide greater
insight into the dynamic behavior of thepiston. Thedynamic
amplification factor calculated for the 5millisecondsloading
is about 1.3. This is very much correlating to the established
theory that the dynamic amplification factor for any
structure under dynamic loading could by up to about 1.44.
The static analysis result shows that the stress levels of 270
MPa for the piston is within yield limit. The deflections are
also acceptable at 1.27 mm.
The modes excitations are captured through the
modal analysis which shows a first natural frequency at 238
Hz. The mass participation plot shows the displacement
excitation in individual directions at differentfrequencies as
plotted .Finally the optimization is done in order to change
the size and shape but not the characteristics.
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