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Design and thermal analysis of engine cylinder fin body using various fin
profiles
S.K. Mohammad Shareef a, M Sai Vikas a, A.L.N Arun Kumar a, Abhishek Dasore c, Sanjay Chhalotre b,⇑,
Upendra Rajak c,⇑, Trikendra Nath Verma d
a
Department of Mechanical Engineering, CVR College of Engineering, Ibrahimpatnam, Telangana, 501510,India
b
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sagar Institute of Science and Technology, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, M.P, 462036, India
c
School of Mechanical Engineering, RGM College of Engineering and Technology, Nandyal, A.P, 518501, India
d
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, M.P, 462003, India

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Article history: Engine cylinder undergoes a variation of temperature and thermal stress. Fins are employed on engine to
Available online xxxx enhance the rate of heat transfer. Fins are used on the surface of the engine cylinder to increase the heat
transfer rate. Rate of heat dissipation in engine cylinder fins can be improved by enhancing its surface
Keywords: area. The main aim of the present numerical investigation is to assess the thermal properties of engine
Design cylinder by varying geometry, material an‘d profile of cylinder fins using Ansys workbench. The models
Cylinder fins are created with the aid of SolidWorks.
SolidWorks ANSYS 19.2
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1. Introduction material. 100-cc engine by varying the geometry such as rectangu-

IC engines work on the principle of energy conversion. When
the fuel is burnt, heat is produced [1]. Roughly 30% of the heat
energy is changed over into valuable work, and the remaining
70% must be expelled from the engine to prevent the failure from
distortion of parts [2,3]. Heat produced during the ignition in an IC
engine is maintained at a higher level to increase the efficiency of
an engine [4]. But the excess heat should be removed to prevent
the parts from thermal failure [5,6]. Optimization of heat transfer
from the engines leads to the improved efficiency of the engine
and saving the power [7]. Tables 1-3.
In the present work, the optimization of engine cylinder fins by
using cast iron, copper alloy and Al6082 material are examined
numerically by taking fin profile as rectangle, circular and angular.
2. Geometric modelling
lar, circular and angular shaped fins and the profile of the fin. Iden-
tifying suitable material for the engine cylinder fins.
2.1. Workflow
The step-by-step procedure of this project is given in below
Fig. 1.
Drafting of rectangular, circular and angular shape models are
created using SolidWorks which are depicted in Figs. 2 – 4.
2.2. Meshing details
Steady state thermal analysis is done in ANSYS (academic ver-
sion) on the engine cylinder block in the following manner to
obtain optimum design.

The fin models were designed in SolidWorks. For designing, the  Optimizing the material for better thermal conductivity and
parameters considered are the geometry of fins, fin profile and fin weight.
 Optimizing the shape of the block with rectangle circular and
curved fins.
⇑ Corresponding authors.
 Changing the profile of the fin.
E-mail addresses: sanjaychhalotre@sistec.ac.in (S. Chhalotre), upendrara-
jak86@gmail.com (U. Rajak).

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Please cite this article as: S.K. Mohammad Shareef, M Sai Vikas, A.L.N Arun Kumar et al., Design and thermal analysis of engine cylinder fin body using
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Table 1
Specifications of engine block.

S. No. Parameter Value

1 Stroke 49.5
2 Bore 50
3 No of fins 7
4 Fin Pitch (mm) 7
5 Fin thickness(mm) 3
6 Fin Material Cast Iron

The most used material for engine block is cast iron which is
having more weight. Analysis is performed on the original model Fig. 1. Flowchart of work.
by changing the cast iron material with copper alloy and Al 6082.
Load definition

 Temperature : 585 K By observing the above properties, Fig. 5 shows that Al6082
 Film Coefficient : 5.e-006 W/mm2
K material has less weight than that of Cast iron and Copper alloy,
 Coefficient Type : Average film temperature So Al6082 material is used for further analysis.
 Ambient Temperature : 295.15 K

Table 2
Properties of different materials.

S. No Property Cast iron Cu alloy Al6082

1. Material composition 2.5% C,3% Si,0.2% Mn,0.25% S, and 0.02–1% P 85% Cu,9% Sn,6% Zn 98.3% Al,0.25% Cr,0.1% Cu,0.5% Fe,
0.8% Mg, 0.5% Mn, Si, Ti, Zn
2. Thermal conductivity(W/mm °C) 5  10 2
6  10 2 0:18
3. Density (kg/mm3) 7:2  10 6
7:5  10 6
2:7  10 6

4. Mass (kg) 4:112 4:3428 1:5634

Table 3
Analysis results of rectangular model.

S. No Property Rectangular fin profile Circular fin profile Angular fin profileAngular fin profile
Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min.
1. Mass (kg) 1.5634 1.354 1.532
2. Temperature (K) 585 577.32 584 577.32 585 571.86
3. Heat flux (W/mm2) 4:9871  10 2
3:6055  10 5
4:11  10 2
1:3589  10 5
9:3194  10 2
8:557  10 5

Fig. 2. Rectangular shape engine body (a) front view (b) side view (c) top view. (d) 3D view.

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Fig. 3. Circular shape engine body (a) front view (b) side view (c) top view. (d) 3D view.

Fig. 4. Angular shape engine body (a) front view (b) side view (c) top view. (d) 3D view.

3. Results and discussion

3.1. Rectangular fin shape engine body

Figs. 6-11

3.2. Circular fin shape engine body

3.3. Angular fin shape engine body

From the analysis it is found that engine block with angular

geometry is having high heat flux value, less temperature and less Fig. 5. Weight Comparison of Cast Iron, Cu alloy and Al6082 material.
weight.
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Fig. 6. Rectangular fin profiled engine body (a) Temperature variation (b) Heat flux variation.

Fig. 7. Circular fin profiled engine body (a) Temperature variation (b) Heat flux variation.

Fig. 8. Angular fin profiled engine body (a) Temperature variation (b) Heat flux variation.

Fig. 9. Comparison of heat flux with different shapes at different values. Fig. 10. Comparison of weight of different fin profiles.

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Fig. 11. Comparison of temperature of different fin profiles.
4. Conclusions
The following conclusions are drawn from the present numeri-
cal analysis
 Comparison of three fin profiles engine body were carried out in
the present investigation viz., rectangular profile, circular pro-
file and angular profile.
 More than 60% reduction in weight of engine body is attained
by angular fin shaped engine body over original fin profile
engine body.
 Highest heat flux value is obtained for angular profiled fin with
at most possible minimum temperature.
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Declaration of Competing Interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing finan-
cial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared
to influence the work reported in this paper.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the Mechanical Engineering
Department, CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad for providing
the ANSYS-R19.2 software.
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