Engine Cylinder

Engine Cylinder

Stress Analysis of a Natural Gas Engine Cylinder Head

1. Introduction

In the past, optimization of engine components such as cylinder heads was based on building a series of physical prototypes, and performing a series of different experiments and tests [1]. Unfortunately, the traditional process for designing and developing was time-consuming and difficult to build physical prototypes during the early stages of the design. The construction and testing of many prototypes is often required to meet a stringent design requirement [2]. This can turn into an expensive process and delay the entire design and development cycle.  Although building and testing of the engine component prototypes can yield accurate design, detailed information is not available and the logic behind a specific design cannot be verified. As a result, engineers attain little and general information from each test [3]. Therefore, the finite element analysis (FEA) methodology is being used and becoming a systematic methodology in the early stages of engine design to save the time and cost of manufacturing process. Finite element analysis methodology (FEA) assist engineers to predict the best method for heat removal prior to the first prototype is built by calculating the temperature and stress distribution of each component. Therefore, finite element analysis (FEA) is considered as one of the most powerful computer-aided design tools for engineers [4]. In the process of an engineering analysis, a theoretical and numerical model is the starting point for researchers to develop or design an engineering system. This technique has been accepted for design­ing and developing complex geometry over a shorter period of time and at much lower cost.

The cylinder head is one of the most complicated and challenging parts of engine, where FEA plays an important role in its optimization [5]. A limited amount of information is available regarding thermal stresses in cylinder head. Komo and Bryzik investigated the develop­ment of thermal stresses in engine components with isolative ceramic coatings [6]. A twin-cam 16-valves cylinder head and cylinder block structure accompanied with several important subcomponents under firing load and assembly loads were investi­gated using FEM. The physical behavior of the gasket bead and liner, the stiffness distribution of cylinder head, the preload of the cylinder head bolts, the residual insertion loads of valve guides and valve seats, and firing pressure have been thoroughly discussed [7].

Other investigators carried out the sealing and structural response analyses under assembly and firing load cases for several areas of interest. Recommendations obtained from the project were forwarded to designers for successful incorporation into and adjustment of other areas for design evaluation. They provided information in regard to the nature and magnitude of thermal and mechanical stresses in the cylinder heads [8-10]. For calculation of boundary conditions from combustion chamber side, the model of the engine combustion was performed by commercial computer software [8-9, and 11-12]. The goals of the analysis were to provide: (1) Validation of the natural gas engine thermo-mechanical simulation results as are compared with the results of base diesel engine; (2) Achieving the thermal and mechanical stresses; (3) Comparison of the stress magnitude with the limits of elasticity [13-15].

 

2. Experimental Measurements

The engine specifications under the study are shown in Table 1. To apply accurate boundary conditions and input data to run the computational model, experiment was carried out to measure different parameters such as coolant flow rate, coolant inlet temperature, inlet air flow rate, inlet air pressure and temperature, exhaust gas flow rate, and outside cylinder head surface mean temperature (Table 2).

In this project, the engine performance data was measured by a dynamometer at 1850 RPM. The engine under investigation was equipped with six thermocouples. Three thermocouples were installed on the outside surface of cylinder and cylinder head to measure the average outside surface temperature. The inlet and outlet temperatures of the water jacket and the gas inlet port were measured using three thermocouples. The pressures at the inlet and outlet ports were measured using Piezo-Electric pressure transducers. The accuracy of temperature measurement were 0.1 C, pressure 0.001 KPa, and mass flow rate  0.1m3/s.

3. Computational Methodology

Details of the effort include model definition, meshing, model analysis, validation of the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model, and applying thermal stress, and displacement boundary conditions. The results of the stress analysis, stress field in the firedeck, and the material evaluation are provided. The analysis procedure is shown in figure 1. The first stage in the process is to define the model geometry. This was accomplished using three-dimensional solid modeling using a computer-aided engineering tool, Solid Works [11]. The data is imported from the solid model to the mesh generation software. Mechanical boundary conditions and model con­straints are defined and/or calculated to maximize the validity of the analysis given for the model [10]. Thermal and mechanical boundary conditions are applied to the finite element mode. The finite element analysis was carried out using a commercial finite element analysis software package, ANSYS [12]. The results are post processed into a form suitable for engineering assessment that accesses the analysis code's binary database and extracts appropriate results [13]. Local properties may be a function of surface finish, heat treatment, notch sensitivity, temperature, etc., and are an input by the user. Where the tem­perature dependency exists, user-input tables of temperature dependency calculate the local material property [14, 15]. The numerical analysis to calculate the temperature and stress distribution in cylinder head is achieved by multi-field technique. The essence of multi-field analysis is coupled-field analysis, which allows users to determine the combined effects of multiple physical phenomena (fields) of a design. If the input of one field analysis depends on the results of another analysis, the analyses are called multi-field. The applications of this technique include fluid-thermal and thermal-structure analysis. The computation processes for the analysis are shown in Figs 2 and 3.

3.1. Model Definition and Mesh Generation

The cylinder head model and its geometry are shown in Figure 4. The three dimensional solid modeling was performed by SOLIDWORKS [11]. The cylinder head mesh is constructed with ANSYS.

For thermo-hydraulic analysis, a model of the water jacket (Fig. 5) that receives local velocity and temperature of the cooling water was constructed. Flow charac­teristics of the water jacket, critical for keeping uniform firedeck cooling were analyzed using ANSYS. Also, brick-element mesh was constructed for water jacket with ANSYS. The combustion chamber is modeled by a computer software package, MATLAB, which calculate the gas temperature and pressure at each crank angle. The calculation is based on single zone model. For detail, see references [3, 16]. 

In any computational analysis, accurate mesh generation plays an important role. Therfore, sensitive areas are meshed with high resolution. The shape at the valve opening tapers outward near the firedeck, giving the valve bridge a smaller cross-section than any other location in the cylinder head. The valve bridge area is a region of concern and is finely meshed to determine accurately stress gradients as recommended by many investigators [4]. The completed three-dimensional model contains 507533 elements and 50965 nodes to model the cylinder head, and 733252 elements and 91244 nodes to model the water jacket. Element aspect ratios are chosen to be approximately 2.8 in the valve bridge area (Fig. 6). Away from the valve area, element aspect ratio less than 6.0 is used. However, this was not considered to be a significant problem because the stress gradients at these locations are very low. In the non-sensitive regions such as the top of the cylinder head, a coarse mesh is applied in order to reduce the number of elements and CPU time. The water jacket model of the cylinder head is meshed until the nodes of the interface of the cylinder head and water jacket models merge together. The results (along the x direction and across the y direction) indicate that the constructed finite element meshes with 7 x 3 elements in the bridge area would model the thermal process quite adequately. The thermal results of the finite element model that was constructed with this mesh criterion were compared with a highly refined mesh (two times refinement). The difference in results was considered acceptable (within 0.5 percent) for our study. In this analysis, it was found that the mesh types play an important role. Therefore, different types of meshes were examined until the mesh independency solution was achieved.

 

3.2. Thermal Boundary Conditions

In any thermal analysis, selection of proper bound­ary conditions is challenging, particularly for engine combustion chamber components, where boundary conditions may vary significantly both in space and time [16, 17]. The boundary conditions for stress analysis combine the results from the thermal analysis and displacement boundary conditions suitable for the cylinder head. In this analysis, only thermal and pressure loads from the combustion chamber were considered. This is not a serious limitation as thermal stress is the dominant form of stress in the cylinder head [18]. In this work, the regions of high stress were sought rather than a particular highly accurate stress value. To satisfy the thermal boundary conditions, the con­vective heat transfer coefficient should be calculated for all the following regions.

3.2.1 Outside Boundary Condition

To apply outside boundary conditions, the Rayleigh equation (1) is used for a free convection surface [17].

                                                                                                                     (1)

The value of  is 0.25 and  is 0.52

The Rayleigh and Grashoff numbers are calculated by the following equations,

                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                (2)                                                                                                                                                    

 

                                                                                                                 (3)

3.2.2 Inlet and Outlet Ports Boundary Condition

To calculate the thermal heat transfer coefficient in the intake and exhaust ports, Christopher equation is used [19]:

 

                                                                                                                 (4)

 

Where,

                                                                                                                              (5)

The value of  is acquired from CFD or experiment. Air temperature in this turbocharged engine at the inlet port is 337.1 K, and the gas temperature at the outlet port is assumed to be the same as the combustion chamber gas temperature when the exhaust valve is opened. It was calculated as follow [20]:

                                                                                                                (6)

3.2.2 Water Jacket Side Boundary Condition

The prediction of the tem­perature distributions is achieved by solving the energy, momentum, and mass conservation equations simultaneously. Therefore, the water jacket inlet pressure and/or velocity are required to apply as boundary condition in the CFD model.   For this purpose, the inlet water flow rate and temperature are measured. [21, 22].

3.2.3 Combustion Chamber Boundary Condition

To calculate the thermal heat transfer coefficient in the combustion chamber, the Woschni equation (7) is employed. To use this equation, pressure and temperature should be calculated at each crank angle.

                                                                                                (7)

In this equation b is the cylinder bore,  is the average of gas velocity, which is almost equal to average of piston velocity. Figure 7 shows the gas pressure and temperature profiles in the combustion chamber

3.3. Stress Boundary Conditions

In order to reduce the complexity of the boundary conditions for stress analysis, the interaction between the cylinder head, cylinder head gasket, and cylinder block was not modeled. In fact, the cylinder head and the cylinder block were assumed to expand at the same rate for all points of contact between the cylinder block and cylinder head. This simplification does not allow the cylinder head bolts to constrain the thermal expansion of the cylinder head. Therefore, the thermal stresses are expected to be under-predicted. The other boundary condition is the pressure load that is applied to the combustion chamber. The maximum pressure of 10.5 (MPa) is used in this analysis. The boundary condition of the bolt is very significant since a pre-load is necessary to define tightening of the bolt. In this analysis, it is assumed that the surface interface of the cylinder head and bolt is moved inward. There is no outward movement for this surface. Therefore, for modeling, the contact element between the bolt and cylinder head is used [14].

4. Results and Discussion

As explained before, the first step in the analysis is to validate the computational model. The com­parison of experimental and computational results is shown in Fig. 8. Nodes 1—8 in this figure are corresponding points to the numbers 1—8 in Fig.9. The calculation is performed for one temperature cycle at high coolant temperature. It is evident that a very good correlation exists between measured and calculated strains for lower temperatures where elastic material behavior predominates. For the higher wall temperatures exceeding 200 C, the calcu­lation overestimates the influence of inelastic material deformation as compared with the measured values.

It is concluded (Fig. that the Van Mises stress results are matched relativity very well. Therefore, the model can represent the baseline engine cylinder head and it can be further used for parametric studies.

The com­parison of Diesel and Natural Gas Engines stress analysis results is shown in Figure 10. The results of Von Mises stress for Natural Gas Engine in cylinder 2  are 1.12 times more than corresponding points in the diesel engine. This is due to higher temperature of Natural Gas.Thermal and structural analysis results show the temperature and Von Mises distribution in cylinder 2 are higher than the others. So, our discussion is concentrated on cylinder 2. It is assumed that the temperature in the water jacket is constant. Figs.11 and 12 show that the temperature at the cylinder bridge is high in both engines; and consequently the temperature gradient at this region remains high. It is also concluded that the tem­perature distributions are different in all cylinders since the cooling water enters the left side of the bottom end of the block and exits from the left side of the top end of the cylinder head. Therefore, cylinder 1 is cooler than the others and the temperature gradient in cylinder 2 is higher than the other cylinders. Also, the highest temperature at the centre of any cylinder decreases away from the centre. This causes a high temperature gradient at the surface of the combustion chamber. This is due to the fact that far away from the centre, the cooling water flow rate is larger than at the centre of the firedeck. The results predict a large compressive strain and stress field at the valve bridge and seats on the firedeck of the cylinder head. These stresses are primarily due to relatively large temperature difference existing at the liner interface. The maximum temperature at firedeck is 616 K in Natural Gas and 549 K in Diesel engine. The results show that the temperature gradient at the gas side of the cylinder head of the natural gas engine is approximately 53 ºC/mm, and it is 5.6 ºC/mm for the coolant side of the cylinder head. Inside the liner, the temperatures on the firedeck change from 438 K to 616 K at high load operating conditions, while outside of the liner, the temperatures are relatively low at 293 K to 360 K.

 The thermal expansion of the hot region is constrained by the stiffer cool region, which undergoes less thermal expansion. As a result, a compressive thermal stress field is created inside the liner. Figure 13 shows the temperature distribution contours of the cylinder head. The maximum stress on the cylinder head also showed similar results. In this work, first, the maximum cylinder gas pressure is applied to cylinder 2, then to the other cylinders. It is concluded that the average stress in the cylinder head reached its maximum value when the cylinder head 2 is under fire. When cylinders 1, 3, and 4 are under fire, the maximum stress is observed in cylinder 2 because the temperature gradient in cylinder 2 is more than in the other cylinders. Also, higher stress in the valve bridge and near the valve seat is seen in Figs.14 and 15 because the thickness of material in the valve bridge is higher and cooling flow rate is lower. Figures14, 15, 16, and 17 show larger compressive strain and stress at the valve bridge and seats on the firedeck of the cylinder head. An important observation from the result of the analysis is that the predicted Von Mises stresses exceed the limit of elasticity (dark areas in Fig. 18) for a typical cylinder head material [25]. This high stress would lead quickly to destruction of the cylinder head.

5. Conclusion

The maximum compressive stress is observed in the valve seats and valve bridge. Natural Gas engine stress is about 1.12 times higher than Diesel engine. High stresses at the valve bridge resulting from a constrained thermal expansion of the cylinder head are generally compressive. It is concluded that about 82%–87% of the total stress is thermal and the rest is due to pressure and mechanical stresses.

 The temperature gradient at the surface of combustion chamber is not uniform. The maximum total stress was found in cylinder 2. The Von Mises stress value of the Natural Gas engine exceeded the elasticity limit of material used for the cylinder head. This high stress would lead to destruction of the cylinder head. It is recommended modifying the current cylinder head material from cast iron GG-26 to GG-30 in order to prevent failure of cylinder head. The engine cooling system should also be improved to reduce the area with maximum compressive stress.

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Nomenclature

 

                        Area (m2)

                        Cylinder bore (m)

                       Average diameter of inlet and outlet ports (m)

                       Acceleration of gravity (m/s2)

                      Grashoff number

                        Convective heat transfer coefficient (w/m2K)

                        Thermal conductivity coefficient (w/mK)

                              Mass flow rate (kg/s)

                     Nusselt number

                       Gas pressure (pa)

                      Intake cylinder pressure (pa)

                      Exhaust gas pressure (pa)

                      Prandtl number

                      Rayleigh number

                      Reynolds number

                       Temperature (K)

                              Exhaust gas temperature (K)  

                             Ambient temperature (K)

                       Gas velocity (m/s)

                      Displacement volume

 

Greece Symbols

 

                       Coefficient of volumetric thermal expansion (k-1)

                       Dynamic viscosity (kg/ms)

                        Kinematic viscosity (m2/s)

 

 

CAPTURES

 

Table 1.  Engine specifications

Table 2.  Natural gas engine experimental data to be used for computational modeling

Figure 1. Thermo-mechanical analysis procedure

Figure 2. Multi-field computations procedure for CFD-Thermal a: formulation b: loops sequence

Figure 3. Multi-field computations procedure for Thermal-Structural

Figure 4. Model of the engine cylinder head

Figure 5. Model of the water jacket for CFD analysis

Figure 6. Top view of nodes distribution in combustion chamber of the cylinder head.

Figure7. Pressures and temperature profiles in Natural gas and diesel engines.

Figure 8. Comparison of the experimental and computational stress results, node numbers

correspond to the points on the cylinder head in Fig. 9

Figure 9. Location of measured and computed stress in the cylinder head

Figure 10. Comparison of Von Mises stress distribution on fire-deck of combustion surface of Natural gas and Diesel engine cylinder head

Figure 11. Temperature contours on the firedeck of the combustion surface of Natural gas engine (K)

Figure 12. Temperature contours on the firedeck of the combustion surface of Diesel engine (K)

Figure 13. Temperature distribution contours on the firedeck combustion surface (K) of Natural gas engine

Figure 14. Von Mises stress contours on the firedeck combustion surface of Natural gas engine (MPa)

Figure 15. Von Mises stress contours on the firedeck combustion surface of Diesel engine ( MPa)

Figure 16.  Von Mises strain contours on the firedeck combustion surface of Natural gas engine

Figure 17.  Von Mises strain contours on the firedeck combustion surface of Diesel engine

Figure 18.  Von Mises stress on the firedeck combustion surface more than yield stress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Cylinder

4

Max Power

81 KW @ 2800

Max Torque

350 N.M @ 1600-2100 RPM

Compression Ratio

11:1

Cylinder Bore

97 mm

Stroke

128 mm

Volume

3780 cm3

Cooling Water Capacity

8 Liter

Fuel

Natural Gas

Air Induction System

Turbocharged and Intercooler

Fueling Strategy

Lean Burn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameters

Measured

Coolant flow rate (m3/h)

Coolant inlet temperature ( K)

Coolant outlet temperature (K)

Inlet air flow rate per cylinder (kg/h)

Inlet air temperature ( K)

Exhaust flow rate per cylinder (kg/h)

Fuel flow rate per cylinder (kg/h)

Cylinder head mean temperature of the outside surfaces of ( K)

Inlet air pressure (KPa)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2

 Authors:

Abolfazl Vafadar Yengjeh and Hassan Vafadar Yengjeh

Mechanical Engineering Tehran, Iran

About the Author

Abolfazl Vafadar Yengjeh and Hassan Vafadar Yengjeh

Mechanical Engineering Tehran, Iran

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CompressedAir Engine $73.28 A Compressedair engine is a pneumatic actuator that creates useful work by expanding compressed air. They have existed in many forms over the past two centuries, ranging in size from hand held turbines up to several hundred horsepower. Some types rely on pistons and cylinders, others use turbines. Many compressed air engines improve their performance by heating the incoming air, or the engine itself. Some took this a stage further and burned fuel in the cylinder or turbine, forming a type of internal combustion engine Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 82 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.19 inches

Beam Engine $71.7 A beam engine is a design of engine based on the principles of a firstclass lever. A force is applied to one end of a beam, which is pivoted in the middle, and the lever action transfers the force to create work at the other end of the beam.The most familiar example is the type of stationary steam engine used for pumping water from mines. Here the piston of a verticallymounted cylinder is attached to one end of the beam, to apply the force through upward and/or downward motion. The other end of the beam is connected to a verticallyacting pump. A downward pull on the piston causes the other end of the beam to lift whatever is attached to it, thereby doing work. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 94 Publication Date: 2010/04/30 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.22 inches

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4 Cylinder Engine Restorer & Lubricant (11 oz.) $7.99 In normal driving, friction and wear cut scratches in the metal surfaces inside every car's engine. This causes compression and power loss and increases oil consumption as cars get older. Restore Engine Restorer fills these scratches and improves the seal between piston rings and cylinder walls. This means better compression and more balanced compression across all cylinders. Independent road tests prove Restore brings back power to near original levels.   IS RESTORE COMPATIBLE WITH SYNTHETIC OIL? Yes, Restore may be used with any type of mineral or synthetic motor oil.   CAN RESTORE BE USED IN DIESEL ENGINES? Yes, Restore can be used in diesel engines.   CAN RESTORE BE USED IN ENGINES WITH TURBOCHARGERS? Yes, Restore can be used in turbocharged engines.     SHIPPING: Can not ship 2nd day air and can only ship in the 48 Continental United States. We are an authorized US distributor for all Restore products. Sorry, but we are unable to ship this product to Europe

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Engine Knocking $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Knocking (also called knock, detonation, spark knock or pinging) in sparkignition internal combustion engines occurs when combustion of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder starts off correctly in response to ignition by the spark plug, but one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front. The fuelair charge is meant to be ignited by the spark plug only, and at a precise time in the pistons stroke cycle. The peak of the combustion process no longer occurs at the optimum moment for the fourstroke cycle. The shock wave creates the characteristic metallic pinging sound, and cylinder pressure increases dramatically. Effects of engine knocking range from inconsequential to completely destructive. It should not be confused with preignition (or preignition), as they are two separate events. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 42 Publication Date: 2010/12/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.10 inches

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