Dynamic Crankshaft Strength Calculation of Diesel Engine using Simulation Techniques

Crankshaft is one of the most important parts in diesel engine. The fatigue failure and fracture of crankshaft may lead to damage to the other parts, even some accidents. Recently with the increasing requirement of engine power and engine reliability, the investigation of the crankshaft strength becomes more important. Since during the engine work process, the extremely complicated force are loaded on the crankshaft and different vibration caused by torque, bending, etc., the crankshaft may create the resonance and appended dynamic stress in the working frequency range, which will be easy to bring about the bending and torsion damage after short work period. In this paper, the traditional algorithm on the basis of MATLAB/SIMULINK software is used to carry out the dynamic calculation and analysis for a certain type of diesel engine crankshaft. The crankshaft stress state and its variation are analyzed, and the results of the bending moment, torsion versus crank angle are obtained. Finally, the fatigue strength of crankshaft is checked and the safety factor is calculated to verify the crankshaft reliability.