Lubrication Characteristics and Impact Effects of Connecting Rod Small-End Frictional Pair under Cavitation Effect

BI Yuhua,YANG Zhaoqian,MA Xiong,LIU Shaohua,TANG Mingchao

Vehicle Engine ›› 2024, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2) : 9.

Vehicle Engine ›› 2024, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (2) : 9. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2222.2024.02.002

Lubrication Characteristics and Impact Effects of Connecting Rod Small-End Frictional Pair under Cavitation Effect

  • BI Yuhua1YANG Zhaoqian1,MA Xiong1,LIU Shaohua1,TANG Mingchao2
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In order to improve the lubrication and piston pin impact characteristics of connecting rod small-end bearing, a multi-body dynamic model of mixed lubrication piston and connecting rod group was built by AVL EXCITE Power Unit software with a high-pressure common rail four-cylinder diesel engine as the research object based on the rough peak contact theory, average flow model and elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory. The influence of cavitation effect on the lubrication and impact characteristics of connecting rod small end frictional pair at different speeds was studied. The results show that the peak oil film pressure reaches the maximum value of 197.1 MPa and the minimum oil film thickness reaches the minimum value of 1.8 μm after 1 080° at the rated power speed of 2 400 r/min, while the lubricating oil filling rate is lower than 0.12 during the whole engine cycle. Under the idle speed of 800 r/min, the maximum torque speed of 1 600 r/min, and the rated power speed of 2 400 r/min, the cavitation area first transfers from the lower half of the connecting rod small-end bearing to the upper half, and then back to the lower half during the four strokes of intake, compression, work, and exhaust. The increase of the speed will lead to the increase of peak oil film pressure, the decrease of minimum oil film thickness, the increase of rough contact pressure, the increase of Z-direction velocity peak for piston pin, and the increase of impact on the small-end bearing of connecting rod. The average filling rates of lubricating oil at 800 r/min, 1 600 r/min and 2 400 r/min are 0.84, 0.70 and 0.69 respectively, and the aggravation of cavitation becomes true because the filling rate of lubricating oil decreases with the increase of speed.

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BI Yuhua,YANG Zhaoqian,MA Xiong,LIU Shaohua,TANG Mingchao. Lubrication Characteristics and Impact Effects of Connecting Rod Small-End Frictional Pair under Cavitation Effect[J]. Vehicle Engine. 2024, 0(2): 9 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1001-2222.2024.02.002

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