Design of Piston
Design of Piston
Design of Piston
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Piston of I C Engine
What is Piston?
Piston is just a open ended trunk type disc which reciprocates because of
Process on fluids.
Function of Piston:
Function of Piston is to receive the Impulse force from the Gas produced
by combustion of fuel and transmit the energy through the connecting rod
to Crank shaft
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Design of Piston
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Materials of Piston
1. Cast Iron - good for Piston speed below 6 m/s.
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Design Consideration of Piston
1. It should have enormous strength to withstand the high gas pressure and inertia
forces.
Piston Clearance
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1. Design of Piston Head
Thickness of Piston head can be determined based on
1. Strength and 2. Heat Dissipation
𝑷𝒎𝒂𝒙
tph = 0.433 × D
𝝈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒑
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1. Design of Piston Head
2. Thickness Based on Heat Dissipation
tph =
𝐗 𝒃𝒔𝒇𝒄 𝐁.𝑷 (𝐇𝐂𝐕)
𝟒𝛑𝐊 𝜟𝑻
Where, X = Fraction representing the part of heat absorbed by piston head = 0.05
(bsfc) = break specific fuel consumption, kg/kW-s
B.P = Brake Power, kW
HCV = Higher Calorific value, J/kg
K = Thermal conductivity of piston head material, W/m C
𝜟𝑻 = Tc – To , C
Tc = Temperature at the center of piston head , C
To = temperature at the outer surface, CC
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2. Design of Piston Barrel
Thickness Based on Heat Dissipation
tpb = tph
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3. Design of Piston rings
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3. Design of Piston rings
1. Radial thickness of the piston ring (tr)
a1 or tr = D
𝟑 × 𝑷𝒘
𝝈𝒃𝒓
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3. Design of Piston rings
2. Axial width of the piston ring (br)
h1 or br = 0.75 to 1 * tr
z = D / (10 * br)
b1 = 0.75 to 1 br
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3. Design of Piston rings
5. Width of the top land (bo)
bo = 1 to 1.25 tph
Gr = 3 to 4 * (tr or a1)
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4. Design of Piston skirt
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4. Design of Piston skirt
1. Maximum side thrust
𝛑𝑫𝟐
RN = 0.05 to 0.1 × × Pmax
𝟒
RN = Lps * D * Pbc
Where, Pbc = permissible bearing pressure between piston skirt and
cylinder wall, N/mm2
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4. Design of Piston skirt
3. Length of piston (Lp)
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5. Design of Reinforcing Ribs
tR = tph / 3 to tph / 2
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6. Design of Piston pin
Maximum gas force,
𝜋𝐷2
Fgmax = × Pmax
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Piston pin is designed from the bearing pressure consideration and then
checked for a direct shear stress and a bending stress,
Fgmax = l1 * dp * Pb
Where l1 = 045 D
and Pb = Permissible bearing pressure between the piston pin and the
connecting rod --- 25 N/mm2
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6. Design of Piston pin
(i) Direct stress
di = 0.6 * dp
Find the value of τ from this and check that value of it should be less than allowable
shear stress for piston pin for safe design.
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6. Design of Piston pin
Check for bending failure:-
𝟒 𝐅𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐱 𝐃 𝐝𝐩
σbp =
𝛑 (𝐝𝐩 𝟒 − 𝐝𝐢 𝟒 )
Find the value of σbp from this and check that value of it should be less than allowable
bending stress for piston pin for safe design.
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