STATIC ANALYSIS OF RADIATOR FAN BLADE USING REVERSE ENGINEERING AND ANSYS

Abstract

newline Engine cooling fans are an essential component of the engine cooling system which is used to dissipate the excess heat generated by the combustion of fuels inside the engine Even though the number of failures of fans is less the identified important possible causes of failures in radiator fan blades are flow imbalances of the material in radiator fan blade pressure imbalances along the length of the blade and other sundry causes These are to be handled with utmost care because they may affect the manufacturers reputation for reliability newlineThe Sequence of this research work is as follows newlineDeveloped 3D model of the radiator fan blade using Reverse Engineering concept newlineApplied various loads through the entire length of the developed 3D solid model radiator fan and carried out the Material Analysis using ANSYS The analysis led to the identification of suitable material to withstand all the loads newlineThe identified fan blade material of Fiber Reinforced Plastic FRP is further enhanced with epoxy coating to reduce the fracture property newlineFinally the selected Fiber Reinforced Plastic FRP with epoxy coating was analysed using ANSYS and measured the properties of chosen material newline newline