International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 09 Issue: 04 | Apr 2022 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2022, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.529 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 3777 Finite Element Analysis of Connecting Rod for different materials Robin Singh 1 , Sajal Gupta 2 , Sachin Kumar 3 , Sanjay Kumar 1,2,3 Under Graduate Student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, DTU college, Delhi, India 4 Sanjay Kumar: Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, DTU college, Delhi, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Connecting rod is an engine component that connects the piston to the crankshaft. It converts the linear and down movement of piston into circular motion of crankshaft. This paper presents finite element analysis of connecting rod. Finite Element Analysis is done with the help of ANSYS. We have used three different materials which are structural steel, Al alloy, Ti alloy for the connecting rod. Equivalent elastic strain, total deformation, equivalent stress and strain energy of connecting rod of different materials is calculated and compared.. Key Words: connecting rod, engine, analysis, Ansys, materials. 1. INTRODUCTION The connecting rod joins the piston to the crankshaft of a reciprocating piston engine, converting the piston's reciprocating action to rotary motion for the crank. A piston pin, also known as a gudgeon pin, secures it to the piston at its small end. The crankpin journal connects the large end to the crankshaft. They form a basic mechanism with the crank that turns linear motion into rotational motion. A connecting rod's job is to allow fluid movement between pistons and the crankshaft. During the combustion cycle, the connecting rod must be strong enough to sustain the piston force. It will be subjected to a lot of tensile and compressive loads during the course of its life. A connecting rod can be made out of a variety of materials, including carbon steel, iron base sintered metal, micro-alloyed steel, and graphite cast iron. Steel connecting rods are most typically used in mass-produced car engines. In most high-performance applications, billet connecting rods, which are machined from a solid billet of metal rather than being cast or forged, are used. Other materials include aluminium alloy, which can be used for lightweight while also absorbing heavy impact without sacrificing durability. Titanium, on the other hand, is a more expensive alternative that is found to reduce weight, whilst cast iron, on the other hand, is found to be less expensive and has extremely low performance applications such as scooters. Before you begin to format your paper, first write and save the content as a separate text file. Keep your text and graphic files separate until after the text has been formatted and styled. Do not use hard tabs, and limit use of hard returns to only one return at the end of a paragraph. Do not add any kind of pagination anywhere in the paper. Do not number text heads-the template will do that for you. 2. Literature Review 1. "Design and Analysis of 150CC IC Engine Connecting Rod"-2017 by Amaravathi Rajugopal Varma et al. He designed a connecting rod for a four-stroke single- cylinder engine using two different materials: carbon steel and aluminium alloy in this project. Both designs were created using the CREO 3D modelling software. Structural study of the connecting rod is performed to test the strength of the original and modified models using two materials: aluminium alloy and pressure created in the engine. When loads are applied, modal analysis is used to identify the natural frequencies. The analysis is carried out in order to choose the best material for the connecting rod in order to save money. CREO is used for modelling, and ANSYS is used for analysis. 2. Prof. Vivek C. Pathade used Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 and ANSYS Workbench 11.0 software to conduct a stress analysis of a connecting rod using the Finite Element Method. For comparison and verification of FEA results, the Photo elastic experimental approach is used. He discovered that the stresses created in the tiny end of the connecting rod are higher than the stresses induced in the big end using FEA and Photo elastic Analysis. The photo elastic also reveals that the stress concentration effect exists at both the small and large ends of the connecting rod, but is negligible in the middle. As a result, the connecting rod may fail at both ends' fillet region. 3. VenuGopal Vegi and Leela Krishna Vegi present the design and analysis of a connecting rod in their article. Carbon steel is used in the current connecting rods. A forged steel connecting rod is subjected to finite element analysis. Von Mises stress, strain, deformation, factor of safety, and other parameters were calculated, and it was discovered that forged steel has a higher factor of safety, lower weight, and greater stiffness than carbon steel. Pravardhan S.Shenoy and Ali Fatemi: They performed a dynamic load study and connecting rod optimization.