Design and Vibrational Characteristic Analysis of Exhaust Manifold with Experimental Validation Using FFT Analyzer

Abstract

The vibrations observed in internal combustion engines transfer to the Tail pipe via exhaust manifold. Such Vibrations cause failure of exhaust system. Two types of vibration can affect the exhaust manifold: the sonic pressure waves coming from the exhaust ports, and the vibration of the engine itself. Pressure wave vibrations are usually transparent, travelling through the exhaust system to either absorb into or cancel out in the muffler. These waves are harmonic, like the vibration of a speaker, but they are usually too minute to cause noise through component movement. Engine vibrations, on the other hand, can easily shake your complete exhaust system. Such cyclic loading of waves can cause component rattling or failure. This vibration failure occurs due to resonant frequencies occurring in defined frequency range. The ‘frequency match’ could lead to a response detrimental to the life of the structure.FEA techniques are proposed in this work to avoid resonance. Physical experimentation is proposed using FFT Analyzer. This work deals with the damping of such later mentioned vibration problems with a concept of CAE (Computer Aided Engineering). In this project we are analyzing the exhaust system under various conditions for modal (natural vibrations). Static and modal analysis of exhaust manifold has been performed using ANSYS 19 software along with experimental validation of manifold using FFT and impact hammer test. Different types of methods for reducing vibration of manifold are studied. After studying these methods and procedures for reducing a vibration, we conclude that, exhaust manifold concept 02 is more efficient by changing the geometry or adding proper stiffener for reducing vertical vibration which further increases the frequency response of component..