DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALUMINUM ALLOY PISTON USING CAE TOOLS

Recent advancement of technology leads to complex decision in the Engineering field. Thus this paper entails the design and analysis of an IC engine piston using two different aluminum materials that are competitive in market. Piston plays a main role in energy conversation. Failure of piston due to various thermal and mechanical stresses is common and so expensive to replace. The specifications used for this work is related to four stroke single cylinder engine of Hero Karizma ZMR motorcycle. Design of the piston is carried out using SOLIDWORKS software, thermal and stress analysis is performed using Finite Element Analysis (FEA).The best aluminum alloy material is selected based on thermal and stress analysis results. The analysis results are used to optimize piston geometry of best aluminum alloy.