Design Evaluation and Optimization of IC Engine Connecting Rods '“ A Review

Fatigue analysis and Optimization of connecting rod are the modern trend in automotive engineering industry emphasis on many parameters like total deformation, life, factor of safety, stress biaxiality and fatigue sensitivity. The main scope of this work comprises detailed review on various methods and procedures adopted by different researchers in Fatigue analysis of commercially used Engine Connecting rod. The objective of conducting fatigue analysis varies from each other like Weight reduction, Cost reduction, Shape optimization and fatigue life calculation at varying boundary conditions and loads. Fatigue analysis has a very dominant position in product design and development as more than 50% of the products, structural failures are due to fatigue concept only. The review have emphasized the importance of conducting the fatigue analysis of the connecting rod to identity its critical points, fatigue life and factor of safety etc., for its better performance and life period extension. N. Mohammed Raffic | Dr. K. Ganesh Babu | K. N. Arun Kumar"Design Evaluation and Optimization of IC Engine Connecting Rods '“ A Review" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-3 , April 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd10814.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/mechanical-engineering/10814/design-evaluation-and-optimization-of-ic-engine-connecting-rods-'“-a-review/n-mohammed-raffic