Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 13290–13300 www.materialstoday.com/proceedings 2214-7853© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and/or Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Materials Manufacturing and Modelling (ICMMM - 2017). ICMMM - 2017 Assessment of Boundary Conditions for FEA of Mounting Bracket Using Co-relation with Experimental Results Priyanka S. Dahale a* , Pallavi D. Pawar b , Vinaay G. Patil c a Department of Mechanical Engineering, VIT College of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India; b Department of Mechanical Engineering, RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India; Abstract An engine mount is a structure that holds the engine to the chassis.The engine mounting plays significant role in reducing the noise and vibrations for improving vehicle ride amenity. The Automobile engine chassis system may experience unwanted vibrations caused by interference between the road and the engine. Engine bracket has been designed as a structure to support engine. Due to vibrations of engine the holes on the engine Bracket get expanded which leads to the failure of bracket. This paper presents experimental and Finite Element analysis of a typical engine mounting bracket. In this paper we have explored usage of Modal Analysis in FEA to determine the frequency band and check the bracket for safety. Hence in this paper, we have undertaken experimental analysis for co-relation to establish variation of percentage and thus determine the nature of Boundary conditions to be used in FEA for more accurate analysis. Experimental analysis is done by Fast Fourier Transform analyzer. Finite Element analysis includes Static and Modal analysis using ANSYS15.0 which will determine natural frequency of engine bracket. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and/or Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Materials Manufacturing and Modelling (ICMMM - 2017). Keywords:Engine mounting bracket; Natural Frequency; Static Analysis;Modal Analysis; Boundary conditions: 1. Introduction An engine mounting bracket is a component that supports the engine to the engine cradle of an automobile. Purpose of mounting bracket is to damp engine vibrations and to stabilize as well as properly align engine. Common indications of a failed engine bracket are the intense noise and vibration felt inside the car. When the engine runs, bracket gets excited by forces caused by engine transmission. If any of the excitation frequency coincides with the * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 9404723349 E-mail address: 17priyadahale@gmail.com