Influence of Simplified Models on the Connecting Rod FEM Simulation

2011-36-0220

10/04/2011

Event
SAE Brasil 2011 Congress and Exhibit
Authors Abstract
Content
The arrival of new competitors and the continuous growth of the customer requirements, lead the OEM's to reduce the product development time; thus, the simulation tools available on the market became mandatory to the new products development in the automotive industry. However, to simulate a full connecting rod set is very time consuming.
The goal of this work is to present the main simplifications that can be set on a connecting rod simulation using the Finite Elements Method (FEM) without jeopardizing the results accuracy. The main contribution of this study is to provide time optimization to the engineers and to avoid a wrong interpretation of the results according to the boundary conditions adopted on the simplified model.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-36-0220
Pages
9
Citation
Valentina, G., de Souza, M., Savoy, J., and Duque, P., "Influence of Simplified Models on the Connecting Rod FEM Simulation," SAE Technical Paper 2011-36-0220, 2011, https://doi.org/10.4271/2011-36-0220.
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Published
Oct 4, 2011
Product Code
2011-36-0220
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English