A study of the structural and thermal analysis of a piston using the design programme solid works 2011

Abstract

A piston is an engine component that transfers heat energy into mechanical energy by reciprocating It is the moving component housed within a cylinder and sealed by piston rings The piston transfers the power of the combustible gases to the connecting rod Pistons which are commonly constructed of alloy steels demonstrate the grates resistance to thermal and structural loads Fatigue failure occurs as a result of cyclic thermal and mechanical loads So in order to extend the pistons life more study has been conducted into changing the pistons design altering the material and modifying the production procedure In this project we created a piston using Solid Works 2011 design software and used ANSYS workbench software to perform structural load analysis and thermal analysis on the piston by using various materials such as composites