Among the basic components of an Internal Combustion engine, the Connecting Rod for IC Engine is the most critical. The connecting rod is subjected to alternating direct compressive and tensile forces. Since the compressive forces are much higher than the tensile forces, therefore the cross-section of the connecting rod is designed as a strut and Rankine’s formula is used. […]
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Design of Connecting Rod for IC Engine
Among the basic components of an Internal Combustion engine, the Connecting Rod for IC Engine is the most important and critical. The connecting rod is subjected to alternating direct compressive and tensile forces. Since the compressive forces are much higher than the tensile forces, therefore the cross-section of the connecting rod is designed as a strut and […]
How to Design Push Rods for IC Engine?
Among the basic components of an Internal Combustion engine, the Push rod is one of the critical components. The push rods are used in overhead valve and side valve engines. Since these are designed as long columns, therefore Euler’s formula should be used. The push rods may be treated as pin-end columns because they use spherical […]
How to Design a Piston Rod?
Among the basic components of an Internal Combustion engine, the Piston rod is one of the most critical components. Since this Piston rod moves forward and backward in the engine cylinder, it is subjected to alternate tensile and compressive forces. It is usually made of mild steel. One end of the piston rod is secured […]
Long Columns Subjected to Eccentric Loading
A machine part subjected to an axial compressive force is called a strut. A strut may be horizontal, inclined, or even vertical. But a vertical strut is a column, pillar, or stanchion. The machine members that must be investigated for column action are piston rods, valve push rods, connecting rods, screw jack, side links of toggle jack, etc. We discussed Euler’s […]