TY - JOUR ID - TI - FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CONNECTING ROD USING NASTRAN SOFTWARE AU - Wisam Abdul-Lateef PY - 2012 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 357 EP - 374 JO - Iraqi journal of mechanical and material engineering المجلة العراقية للهندسة الميكانيكية وهندسة المواد SN - 20761819 AB - Connecting rods , are widely used in automotive internal combustion engines .In this paper, the connecting rod model based on finite element analysis (FEA)is proposed. Criticallocation of maximum stress and suitable materials for the connecting rod has beenidentified and the contact stress analysis and dynamic behavior of it has beeninvestigated.The structural model of the connecting rod was utilizing the ( Solidworks) and Steel alloy (C-70) materials. The linear static stress distribution and dynamicanalysis are investigated using Finite Element software package (NASTRAN).For TET10mesh the linear static stress analysis and the critical location was located at node (174743)and the critical location for TET4 was at node (110703).Then it can find that TET10 isable to capture the higher stresses than TET4 for the same global length and size.

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