STRESSES IN A MEDIUM SPEED DIESEL ENGINE FRAME

The bedplate, column, cylinder casings, bearing caps and crankshaft of a model of one bay of a vee type medium speed diesel engine have been made in epoxy resin and joined by compression springs simulating the appropriate bolt forces and stiffnesses. The model has been loaded by freely hanging weights simulating firing and reciprocating inertia forces and subjected to frozen stress loading. Stresses obtained from numerous slices cut from these components are analysed and related to the designer's qualitative understanding of the load paths.(a) /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Fessler, H
  • Perla, M
• Conference:
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 309-318
• Serial:
  • Volume: 190
  • Issue Number: 21/7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Columns; Crankshafts; Diesel engines; Epoxy resins; Frames; Loads; Mathematical models; Stiffness; Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading; Model tests; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Stress path
• ITRD Terms: 1314: Diesel engine; 3322: Frame; 6205: Model (not math); 5575: Stress (in material)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157357
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM