Technical gazette, Vol. 30 No. 1, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20220330131907
Optimization of Forged 42CrMo4 Steel Piston Pin Hole Profile Using Finite Element Method
Shaolei Gai
; (1) Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, 17923 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250061, China (2) Binzhou Bohai Piston Co Ltd, 569 Bohai 21 Road, Binzhou256602, China
Jun Zhao
; (1) Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, 17923 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250061, China (2) National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical Engineering Education (Shandong University), 17923 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250061, China
Fenghua Lin
; Binzhou Bohai Piston Co Ltd, 569 Bohai 21 Road, Binzhou 256602, China
Anhai Li
; Key Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, 17923 JingshiRoad, Jinan 250061, China
Shiying Liu
; Binzhou Bohai Piston Co Ltd, 569 Bohai 21 Road, Binzhou 256602, China
Abstract
The fatigue failure of the piston pin hole is considered as a key factor affecting the service life of engines. In this work, the piston pin hole profile was designed as tapered shape following a power law. By combining finite element analysis and hydraulic pulsating fatigue tests, the pin hole profile was optimized. It has been found that the maximum contact pressure on the pin hole surface was reduced by 16,7% with appropriate increasing the radius enlarging rate of the piston pin hole, the maximum tensile stress of the piston pin seat was reduced by 13,1%, and the piston pin seat fatigue safety factor was increased by 41,4%, the piston pin hole fatigue safety factor was increased by 15,9%. The piston pin hole’s hydraulic pulsating fatigue test results were found to be consistent with the FEA results. It could be concluded that appropriate increasing the radius enlarging rate of the pin hole could significantly weaken the fatigue wear of the pin hole, further improving its fatigue resistance.
Keywords
fatigue analysis; finite element analysis (FEA); piston pin hole; profile
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Publication date:
15.12.2022.
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