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    The connecting rod transmits motion between a reciprocating piston and a rotating crankshaft or crank in internal combustion engines. Evidence of early connecting rods can be found in Roman watermills from the 3rd century AD. Modern connecting rods are typically made of steel, aluminum alloys like T6-2024 and T651-7075, or titanium. They have a small end that attaches to the piston and a large end that connects to the crankpin and bearing shells. Connecting rods experience tremendous stress from the reciprocating forces of the piston.

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    The connecting rod transmits motion between a reciprocating piston and a rotating crankshaft or crank in internal combustion engines. Evidence of early connecting rods can be found in Roman watermills from the 3rd century AD. Modern connecting rods are typically made of steel, aluminum alloys like T6-2024 and T651-7075, or titanium. They have a small end that attaches to the piston and a large end that connects to the crankpin and bearing shells. Connecting rods experience tremendous stress from the reciprocating forces of the piston.

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    The connecting rod transmits motion between a reciprocating piston and a rotating crankshaft or crank in internal combustion engines. Evidence of early connecting rods can be found in Roman watermills from the 3rd century AD. Modern connecting rods are typically made of steel, aluminum alloys like T6-2024 and T651-7075, or titanium. They have a small end that attaches to the piston and a large end that connects to the crankpin and bearing shells. Connecting rods experience tremendous stress from the reciprocating forces of the piston.

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    Connecting Rod

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    The connecting rod transmits motion between a reciprocating piston and a rotating crankshaft or crank in internal combustion engines. Evidence of early connecting rods can be found in Roman watermills from the 3rd century AD. Modern connecting rods are typically made of steel, aluminum alloys like T6-2024 and T651-7075, or titanium. They have a small end that attaches to the piston and a large end that connects to the crankpin and bearing shells. Connecting rods experience tremendous stress from the reciprocating forces of the piston.

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    CONNECTING ROD

    Definition
    • A rod or bar for transmitting motion, especially one
    that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part.
    • A connecting rod is a shaft which connects a piston to
    a crank or crankshaft in a reciprocating engine. Together with the
    crank, it forms a simple mechanism that converts reciprocating
    motion into rotating motion and vice-versa
    History
    • Evidence for the connecting rod appears in the late 3rd
    century Hierapolis sawmill in Roman Asia (modern Turkey). It also
    appears in two 6th century Byzantine-era saw mills excavated
    at Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and Gerasa, Roman Syria.
    The crank and connecting rod mechanism of these Roman-era
    watermills converted the rotary motion of the waterwheel into the
    linear movement of the saw blades.
    Steam engines
    Internal combustion engines
    • In modern automotive internal combustion engines, the connecting rods
    are most usually made of steel for production engines.
    • T6-2024 and T651-7075 aluminum alloys for lightness and the ability to
    absorb high impact at the expense of durability.
    • Titanium for a combination of lightness with strength, at higher cost for
    high-performance engines.
    • Cast iron for applications such as motor scooters.
    • Connecting rods, especially in racing engines, may be called "billet" rods, if
    they are machined out of a solid billet of metal, rather than being cast or
    forged.
    • Connecting rods usually have circular, rectangular or I cross-section
    • The small end attaches to the piston pin, gudgeon pin or wrist pin,
    which is currently most often press fit into the connecting rod but can
    swivel in the piston, a "floating wrist pin" design. The big
    end connects to the crankpin (bearing journal) on the crank throw, in
    most engines running on replaceable bearing shells accessible via
    the connecting rod bolts which hold the bearing "cap" onto the big
    end. Typically there is a pinhole bored through the bearing on the big
    end of the connecting rod so that pressurized lubricating motor
    oil squirts out onto the thrust side of the cylinder wall to lubricate the
    travel of the pistons and piston rings.
    Engine wear and rod length
    • A major source of engine wear is the sideways force exerted on the
    piston through the connecting rod by the crankshaft, which typically
    wears the cylinder into an oval cross-section rather than circular,
    making it impossible for piston rings to correctly seal against the
    cylinder walls.
    • Geometrically, it can be seen that longer connecting rods will reduce
    the amount of this sideways force, and therefore lead to longer
    engine life. However, for a given engine block, the sum of the length
    of the connecting rod plus the piston stroke is a fixed number,
    determined by the fixed distance between the crankshaft axis and the
    top of the cylinder block where the cylinder head fastens.
    Stress and failure
    • The connecting rod is under tremendous stress from
    the reciprocating load represented by the piston,
    actually stretching and being compressed with every
    rotation, and the load increases as the square of the
    engine speed increase.
    • Physical defect in the rod.
    • Lubrication failure in a bearing due to faulty
    maintenance.
    • Or from failure of the rod bolts from a defect,
    improper tightening or over-revving of the engine.
    • In an unmaintained, dirty environment, a water or
    chemical emulsifies with the oil that lubricates the
    bearing and causes the bearing to fail.
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