1988-02-01

A Method for Predicting Connecting Rod Bearings Reliability Based on Seizure and Wear Analysis 880568

Maintaining reliability of the connecting rod bearing is a very important subject, and the following is a problem that needs to be overcome.
Predicting reliability has generally depended on minimum oil film thickness (M.O.F.T), but recently, the engines of passenger cars which have greater power and speed potential than conventional ones are sometimes run beyond their M.O.F.T. limit (a degree of roughness around the crank shaft's axis.) In such a case, it is so difficult to predict reliability according to M.O.F.T., that we need a new index which directly shows seizure and wear.
For this purpose, we found that the crank shaft pin temperature can be a key cause of seizure and wear according to an analysis of the relationship between its temperature and the seizure and wear caused intentionally. Using this method, we confirmed that the combination of bearing and crank shaft materials is very important for preventing seizure and wear.
Also we developed a practical method for predicting connecting rod bearing reliability by establishing a simple experimental formula to predict the crank shaft pin temperature.

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