iosr-JMCE   Volume-5 ~ Issue-2

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Dynamic Simulation of a Connecting Rod made of Aluminium Alloy using Finite Element Analysis Approach
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Ram Bansal
	:	10.9790/1684-0520105

Abstract: In this paper a Dynamic simulation was conducted on a Connecting Rod made of Aluminium Alloy using Finite Element Analysis. The Connecting Rod is one of the important part of an engine. In this task, connecting rod of the single cylinder four stroke diesel engine is used. After measurements were taken, connecting rods were drawn using CATIA software and saved in 'IGES' format. Then, the drawing of connecting rod (IGES format) imported into ANSYS software. In this analysis of Connecting Rod was performed under Dynamic load for Stress analysis, and optimization. The pressure-volume diagram was used to calculate the load boundary condition in dynamic simulation model, and other simulation inputs were taken from the engine Specification chart. The data obtained at engine run were plotted on graph by Enginesoft Software. The maximum deformation, maximum stress point and dangerous areas are found by the stress analysis of Connecting Rod. This analysis uses a different mesh. It aims to get more precise results. The relationship between the stress and the nodal displacement is explained by the modal analysis of Connecting Rod. The results would provide a valuable theoretical foundation for the optimization and improvement of Engine Design. Dynamic load analysis was performed to determine the in service loading of the connecting rod and FEA was conducted to find stresses at critical locations.
Keywords: Connecting Rod, Aluminium alloy, Enginesoft, CATIA V5R18, FEA, ANSYS 13.0.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Effects of Travel Routes on Vehicular Emissions in Urban Driving
Country	:	Nigeria
Authors	:	O.N Aduagba, J. D. Amine, M.I. Oseni
	:	10.9790/1684-0520610

Abstract: This study measured the concentration of pollutants in a passenger car Golf 3, Volkswagen model, popularly used as Taxi in Nigeria was done on three different travel routes of state routes in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in the bid to compare the emission level of regulated and non-regulated gasses of Carbon monoxide (CO), Carbon dioxide (CO2), Nitrogen oxide (NO), and Non-Methane Hydro Carbon (NMHC) propane using SV -5Q Automobile Exhaust Gas Analyzer connected to the exhaust port with measurement conducted at intervals over traveled distance. The Route C ( Berger- Area1) gave the lowest average emissions value of 0.45%, 87.69%, 320.72ppm and 590.86 ppm for CO, CO2, HC and NO, Route B (Nyanya- AYA) gave the highest value of 0.53% CO, 8.99% CO2, 374.06ppm HC and 691.52ppm NO . In percentage analysis the average emission value for CO in route B was 6% higher while Route A (Jikwoyi- Kurudu) 3% higher than the value in Route C. Also the CO2 average emission was 6% higher in Route B than Route C similar to observation in CO but in Route A the CO2 value was 5% lower than Route C. The road grade should be taken into account for localized emissions estimation
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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Design of Solar Tricycle for Handicapped Person
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Ravikumar Kandasamy,Sachin Raut, Deep Varma, Ganesh There
	:	10.9790/1684-0521124

Abstract: Solar plays a vital role in our day to day life. We have developed the solar tricycle especially for handicapped person of ANANDVAN organization started by Mr. Baba Amate in Warora taluka of Maharashtra state (India). The organization is working for the leprosy affected people. In this paper it is discussed that how solar tricycle will help to reduce the effort of handicapped person. All the designs specification considered after analyzing the problems from the handicapped person. Comfort of the person in the tricycle is an important and we have given importance to it. The main content of the tricycle is Solar PV panel, Brushless PMDC motor, Charge controller and battery. This paper will discuss about the main idea of this project and to get a larger picture on what is the problem in the current technologies, what that I want to achieve in this project and the area that will cover on this project. This paper is divided into some categories that are project background to describe the reasons to do this project, problem statement to inform about the problem or weakness of the existing technology, objective to make sure what actually this project must achieve and scope of this project to specify what will be used in this project.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	CFD Anlysis of Pulverised-Coal Combustion of Burner Used In Furnace with Different Radiation Models
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Rajesh Holkar, Dr. Omprakash. D. Hebbal
	:	10.9790/1684-0522534

Abstract: Pulverized coal is an important fuel for electricity production and will continue to be important for decades. Since coal is a natural resource that depends on many factors and parameters, it has variable properties and composition. Combustion chamber designers Endeavour to achieve optimum operating conditions that give maximum combustion efficiency, together with minimum pollutant formation rate. Modeling of fossil fuel utility boilers has reached a remarkable development in recent years. Particularly, the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling technology and other advanced mathematical methods offer opportunities for analysis, optimization and options examination in order to increase the overall efficiency of the energy facilities. The main objective of the present work was to investigate how the results obtained with two radiative heat transfer methods, the P1 approximation method, Discrete Transfer and the discrete ordinates (DO) method using ANSYS FLUENT, fit temperature field in a boiler furnace on pulverized coal, with implemented over-fire air (OFA) ports. The overall framework of the CFD modeling approach is described. The numerical modeling results for boiler baseline operating conditions are compared with a test data of temperature measurements. An accuracy analysis of the P1 and DO methods is done on a basis of a comparison between the numerically obtained and measured temperature profiles.
Keywords: Coal combustion, heat transfer, thermal radiation, CFD techique, modelling.

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