TRANSIENT THERMAL ANALYSIS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PISTON IN ANSYS WORKBENCH BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

A piston is a component of reciprocating engines. Its purpose is to transfer force form expanding gas in the cylinder to the crank shaft via piston rod and a connecting rod. It is one of the most complex components of an automobile. In present, work a thre e dimensional solid model of piston including piston pin is designed with the help of SOLIDWORKS software.The temperature, total heat flux are calculated to investigate factor of safety and life of the piston assembly using ANSYS workbench software. Alumi nium alloy is used as piston material. The transient stress analysis results also help to improve component design at the early stage and also help in reducing time required to manufacture the piston component and its cost.