Review on Design and Analysis of Connecting Rod using Different Materials

A connecting rod, also called a con rod, is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotation of the crankshaft. The connecting rod is required to transmit the compressive and tensile forces from the piston, and rotate at both ends .The predecessor to the connecting rod is a mechanic linkage used by water mills to convert rotating motion of the water wheel into reciprocating motion .The most common usage of connecting rods is in internal combustion engines and steam engines. Use of composite material would help to reduce weight and improve fuel consumption without sacrificing the safety of the vehicle. In this current work, connecting rod has been designed by using computer aided design (CAD) software CATIA and was analysed using a finite element analysis (FEA) software ANSYS to understand the exact behaviour of the connecting rod under different material properties.