Advanced Connecting Rod Design for Mass Optimization

2010-01-0420

04/12/2010

Event
SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
In an effort to optmize the connecting rod of an internal combustion engine for both mass and reliability, an all-new forged steel design has been developed that is 37% lighter than the lightweight production design. The connecting rod has been optimized using 3D Modeling, FEA, advanced numerical simulation such as PIMO3D, and a variety of mechanical testing and lessons learned. The four critical areas of the connecting rod are defined and discussed in detail, and an optimization solution for each area is presented. Finally, the optimized connecting rod incorportating all of the knowledge and information from the previous sections is presented.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-0420
Pages
17
Citation
Lapp, M., Krause, R., Hall, C., Dinu, D. et al., "Advanced Connecting Rod Design for Mass Optimization," SAE Technical Paper 2010-01-0420, 2010, https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-0420.
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Published
Apr 12, 2010
Product Code
2010-01-0420
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English