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Fatigue Testing of
Six-Cylinder Diesel
Engine Head
M.K. Paswan and A.K. Goel
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, INDIA
This paper deals with fatigue assessment of cylinder
blocks in the automobile industry. The topic was chosen
because of increasing interest in higher payloads, lower
weight, higher efciency and shorter load cycles in
cylinder-block equipment. Fatigue results of inductionhardened and case-hardened cylinder blocks were
investigated in this experiment.
FEATURE | Materials
Characterization & Testing
Preparation:
Cut and mark specimen
Gauge specimen
Install specimen into xtures
Inspection:
Metallurgical
Geometric
Setup:
Suspend weights from load frame
Setup shaker
Test:
Run calibration curve
Calculate test strain levels
Set control parameters
Run test
Visual surface inspection
Fig. 2. Different
components of
the cylinder block
Analysis:
Run SAFL
Run cylinder block
Documentation:
Records result
Test Setup
The setup only needs to be performed before the rst specimen is tested. Then, cycle through the preparation and test stages
until all specimens have been tested.
The test setup inuences the quality of
the results. The test system consists of the
cylinder-block specimen, attached weights
and suspension arrangement. The stiffness
of the test system has a direct effect on the
calibration curves, which are run later in
the process. Two areas that are believed
to have a signicant inuence on the
Weight Calibration
The inertial weights are suspended from a
load frame with adjustable threaded rods
and elastic bungee cords. The weights are
adjusted until they are level, parallel and
the centerlines of the cylinder-block holes
are aligned.
Specimen Preparation
Specimens are cut from the test cylinder
block so that a full main is on either side
of a pin (Fig. 1). Three specimens can be
cut from a single rank using every other
main-pin-main combination. Either the
odd or even pins will be used from a single
cylinder block. A source approval test will