DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PISTON MADE OF MAGNESIUM SILICON CARBIDE (MGSIC)

The main objective of this work is to investigate the stress distribution, deformations resulting from thermal loads in the cross sections of the piston made of Mg-SiC composite with varying volume fractions (10%, 20% & 30%) of SiC particulates in the base metal Magnesium. The results are compared with the existing Al4032 piston currently in use in Bajaj Pulsar 150cc (4-stroke, 2 valve, Twin spark BSIV Complaint DTS-i Engine). A model of a piston was made using NX 11.0, thermal and structural analysis was done using ANSYS 19.2. This paper shows the use of AlSiC material for the piston for analysis to obntain the deformations and stresses and compared with the results obtained in the case of Aluminium alloy piston.