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Originally Posted by xb-60
Ed, how did you simulate the areas on the pistons that are stressed differently in your situation by the forced induction ? That must have been a challenge?
Cheers
Glen
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The finite element simulation software provides tools to load different portions of the piston as you see fit. In the simplest model you start with a crank slider mechanism dimensioned to mimick your crank, rods, and pistons and then start to increase crank rpm and watch as the stresses build in the model. Red will be high stress, blue typically is low stress. As you add or remove mass from various points in the model you can see the impact it has by the change in color.
Ed