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Design and Analysis of Cylinder Fins

Chaitanya S Kannao1, Dr. Sanjay S Bhagwat2

1M.E (CAD/CAM) Department of Mechanical Engineering

Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering , Pusad 445204, India
2Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering

Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering , Pusad 445204, India

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Abstract - The Engine cylinder is one of the essential cooling and uniform temperature in the circumference of the
engine components, which is subjected to over-the-top cylinder. We know that in case of IC engines, combustion of
temperature differences and thermal stresses. In air cooled air fuel mixture takes place inside the engine cylinder and
I.C engines, extended surfaces called fins are provided at the hot gasses are generated inside the cylinder of two-wheeler
periphery of engine cylinder to increase heat transfer rate. temperature is 3000 to 10000 C. Due to this high temperature
Fins are set on the surface of the cylinder to improve the the gasket or film are burned, fins help to reduce the
quantity of heat exchange by convection. The cooling temperature around 1800 – 2500 C. The design of metal fins
mechanism of the air-cooled engine is mostly dependent on increases the surface area of the engine and thus improves
the design of the fin on the cylinder. Cooling fins are used to the cooling rate through convection. Too much cooling of the
increase the heat transfer rate of specified surfaces. The fin cylinder reduces its thermal efficiency, so the object of the
parameters like length, pitch, thickness, fin number, cooling system is to keep the engine running at its most
wideness and materials are having great influence on heat efficient operating temperature. It is to be noted that the
transfer rates, so if the sole purpose is to increase heat engine is quite inefficient when it is cold and hence the
transfer rate, then the shape of fin will play a crucial role in cooling system is designed in such a way that it prevents
increasing heat loss capacity of the cylinder block of the cooling when the engine is warming up and till it attains to
same size and materials. First of all, an analytical calculation maximum efficient operating temperature, then it starts
ware made to find the amount of heat loss to through fins cooling. The design of the air-cooled engine involves many
theoretically. The inner wall temperature was taken aspects of engineering considerations, such as cooling rate,
approximately 2000C which is required for maintaining the total mass, geometry restrictions.
cycle of the engine. Outer wall temperature and fin surface
temperature ware calculated theoretically &; 1.1 Necessity of Cooling System
computationally. From literature survey circular &wavy
shape fins are considered for the analysis. Also, aluminium, Internal combustion engines reject most of the heat content
aluminium 6061 and aluminium 2014 are selected as of the fuel which they burn in that part which they turn into
material for comparative analysis with above mentioned power. The importance of the heat which is rejected is often
shapes. CAD models were built using SOLIDWORKS 2020 not recognized, but this heat is the cause of most engine
and analysis of fins were carried out in ANSYS 2022 Student troubles and is the basic determinant of the rating of an
version. The results found from the analysis shows that the engine. Part of the heat which is rejected by the engine is
improved performance of wavy fins is obtained as compared carried away by the exhaust gas and the remaining must
to the circular fins. pass through the metallic walls which surround the
combustion chamber that is, the piston, the cylinder walls,
1. INTRODUCTION the piston rings, injector, spark plugs, and exhaust passages.
The heat which is rejected through the metallic parts raises
The cooling of hot surfaces by means of metal fins can be their temperatures and in passing through these parts
achieved by two ways i.e., one involving the convection of expands, weakens, and stresses them. Each part has a limited
heat from the fin surfaces by air stream and the other by capacity to flow heat through itself and in general more
conduction of heat through the fins to fin surface. The rate at drastic cooling creates internal stresses in the materials.
which heat is conveyed from a fin surface by air stream is Thus, one of the principal objectives in the development of
usually expressed as a surface heat transfer coefficient. any internal combustion engine is to obtain the highest
Almost all modern motorcycle engines use liquid-cooling possible thermal efficiency to reduce the flow of heat
except for motorbike engines. Although it is more difficult through the engine parts.
for air-cooling than liquid-cooling to effectively cool an
engine, construction of an air-cooled engine is simpler. In an
air-cooled engine, the fins conduct heat away from the
cylinder and transfer it to the air. Therefore, it is important
for air-cooled engines to utilize fin for effective engine

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Fig. 1.1 : Energy Balance of IC Engine

Necessity of cooling system in I.C engines is all the heat

created by the ignition of fuel in the engine chambers isn't Fig. 1.2 : Cylinder Fins
changed over into valuable power at the crankshaft. Valuable
work at the crank shaft = 25 - 40 % Loss to the cylinder walls 1.2.1 Advantages
= 10 – 30 % Loss in exhaust gasses = 20 - 45 % Loss in
friction & radiation = 10 – 35%. It is seen that the amount of Following are the advantages of air-cooled system:
heat given to the chamber dividers is impressive and if this
heat isn't expelled from the chambers, it would bring about  Radiator/pump is absent hence the system is light.
the pre-ignition of the charge. Moreover, the oil would
likewise consume with extreme heat, along these lines  In the case of a water-cooling system there are leakages,
causing the seizing of the cylinder. Abundance heating will but in case of air-cooling system, there are no leakages.
likewise harm the chamber material. To avoid thermal
breakdown of the lubricating oil, it is necessary to keep the  Coolant and antifreeze solutions are not required.
cylinder wall temperatures in the range of 180°-200°C. As
 This system is suitable in cold climates, as water may be
lubrication technology improves with the quality of oils, than
get frizzed at lower temperature.
maximum allowable wall temperature can be maintained.
1.2.2 Disadvantages
1.2 Air Cooling System
 Comparatively it is less efficient.
Air cooled system is generally used in small engines say up
to 15-20 kW and in aero-plane engines. In this system fins or  It can be applied only to the small and medium engines.
extended surfaces are provided on the cylinder walls,
cylinder head, etc. Heat generated due to combustion in the 1.3 Cooling Fin
engine cylinder will be conducted to the fins and when the
air flows over the fins, heat will be dissipated to air. The A fin is a surface that extends from an object to increase the
amount of heat dissipated to air depends upon: rate of heat transfer to or from the environment by
increasing convection. The amount of conduction,
(a) Amount of air flowing through the fins. convection, and radiation of an object determines the
amount of heat it transfers. Increasing the temperature
(b) Fin surface area.
difference between the object and the environment,
(c) Thermal conductivity of metal used for fins increasing the convection heat transfer coefficient, or
increasing the surface area of the object increases the heat
transfer. Sometimes it is not economical, or it is not feasible
to change the first two options. Adding a fin to the object,
however, increases the surface area and can sometimes be
economical solution to heat transfer problems. The surface
area over the cylinder gets bigger by means of fins. These
fins are either cast as an integral part of the cylinder or
different finned barrels are placed over the cylinder barrel.
Sometimes particularly in aero engines, the fins are
machined from the forged cylinder blanks. As a rule, the fins
are usually made of about the cylinder wall thickness at their

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roots, tapering down to about one-half the root thickness. addition, or alternatively, it may be transferred as irrotional
The length of the fins varies from one-quarter to one-third of energy in the lattice structure of the material. Thermal
the cylinder diameter. The distance between the two fin conduction is essential due to random molecular motion; the
centers is about one-quarter to one-third of their length. The concept is termed as microform of heat transfer and usually
total length of the finned cylinder barrel is from 1 to 1½ referred to as diffusion of energy The convection heat
times the cylinder bore. transfer from fin surface to atmosphere air by free and
forced air is given as
1.4 Types of Fins
� 1 = ℎ � (���� − ���� )... (2)
According to heat transforming necessity fins can be
selected. The various types of fins are as shown in fig 1.3 Thermal convection is the process of energy transport
affected by the circulation or mixing of a fluid medium.
 Parabolic fin Convection is possible only in a fluid medium and is directly
linked with the transport of the medium itself. Macroscopic
 Cylindrical fin particles of a fluid moving in space cause the heat exchange,
and thus convection constitutes the macro form of the heat
 Triangular fin transfer. The effectiveness of heat transfer by convection
depends largely upon the mixing motion of fluid. With
 Rectangular fin respect to origin, there are two types of convection, namely
free convection and forced convection. In natural convection
 Trapezoidal fin
flow of fluid is caused by density difference while in force
convection fluid flow caused by Pump.

Fig. 1.3 : Different Types of Fins

1.5 Air-Cooling Mechanism Fig. 1.4 : Air cooling Mechanism [7]

This project deals with design and analysis of various types

The cooling mechanism of the air-cooled engine is mostly
of fins with different material i.e. Aluminium, Aluminium
dependent on the design of fin cylinder head and block.
Fig.1.4, shows the overall heat transfer process from gasses 6061 & Aluminium 2014.
within the cylinder through the combustion chamber wall by
2 LITERATURE REVIEW
conduction mode and finned surfaces to the external airflow
by convection mode The conduction heat transfer from inner Biermann Arnold E. & Pinkel Benjamin (1934), [1]
wall to fin surface is given as[7] presented fin dimensions for maximum heat transfer with a
given amount of material for variety of conditions for air
� 1 = � ( �� − ���� )... (1)
flow and metals. Concluded that the value of surface heat
Thermal conduction is a mechanism of heat propagation transfer coefficient varies mainly with air velocity and space
from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower between them. The effect of other fin dimensions is small.
temperature within medium (solid, liquid or gaseous) or They used the theoretical formula for calculating the heat
between different mediums in direct physical contact. dissipated from finned cylinder checks fairly closely the heat
Conduction does not involve any movement of microscopic dissipation experiment.
portions of matter relative to one another. The thermal
Cramer Robert (1967) [2] developed methods of calculating
energy may be transferred by means of electrons which are
the heat rejection of internal combustion engines so that
free to move through the lattice structure of the material. In
these quantities can be used in selecting radiators and oil

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coolers. The importance of heat which is rejected, though CFD can be used to determine optimal values of the fin
often not recognized, is that it is the source of most engine parameters before design process.
trouble and also is the basic determinant for the rating of an
engine. Part of the heat which is rejected is carried away in Yoshida Masao et al (2006) [8] conducted an experiment to
the exhaust gasses, the remaining passes through the optimize fin layout of aircooled engine cylinder in air stream.
metallic walls of the engine, causing expansion and internal In order to permit the development of design data, an
stress in the parts. Also discussed input-output relationships experimental cylinder was developed having variable fin
in the engine as well as calculations for heat loss and engine pitch and number of fin capability. Using the experimental
cooling phenomena. The methods developed give some cylinder, the effects of the number of fins, fin pitch and air
insight into the thermodynamic efficiency of the internal velocity on cylinder cooling were investigated.
combustion engine.
Tripathi Pradeep Mani et al (2014) [9] presented a paper
Perlewitz R. E., Lon Mooney & Wm. Kalweit (1967) [3] on thermal analysis of the cylinder head assembly of the
made basic consideration to make optimal use of the four-stroke engine. They created a detailed FE model
material in the cylinder to obtain maximum heat transfer. consisting of main parts of the cylinder head assembly and it
The trapezoidal fin approaches the ideal construction and is includes a description of thermal and mechanical loads and
more effective than either the rectangular or triangular contact interaction between its parts. The model considers a
types. This fin can be cast with comparative ease and has temperature dependency of a heat transfer coefficient on
good strength characteristics. Many thin cylinder fins are wall in cooling passages as fins. They carried out analysis
better than a few thick fins, many short fins are better than a using the FEM program. The finite element method is
few long fins, providing the same amount of material is used applied to find the temperature distribution field from the
and in engine above all, provision should be made for foreign parts of the cylinder head of SI engine.
material if the engine is run in a dirty environment.
Deshpande A.C. [Link] (2015) [10] investigated the effect on
Gale Nigel F. (1990) [4] discussed some of the design heat transfer rate by changing the cross-section, fin pitch, fin
options for diesel engine cylinder heads. Since there are no Material and fin thickness. The vehicles they considered have
firm rules concerning cylinder head design, it is better to single cylinder air cooled engines with a set of rectangular
avoid making firm conclusions on the choices available to fins mounted on the cylinder block. They measured
designers. However, it is clear that certain design features temperature generated at steady state from the fin surface
provide far more acceptable compromises. The usefulness of through experiments and used the value as key parameter,
the impulse swirl meter on a flow bench can be extended to heat dissipated and calculated heat flux through fins using
separating swirl into two types: helical and directed swirl. empirical formulations. They also validated by using the FEA
Analysis of these two types of swirls can reveal potential approach.
improvements in port efficiency.
Yellaji Bade [Link]. (2017) [11] conducted thermal analysis
Biermann Arnold E. & Herman H. Ellerbrock (1993) [5] on heat distribution in fins of compressor cylinder by
performed an analysis to determine the proportion of fins varying profile using FEM. They altered geometrical shapes
made of aluminium, copper, magnesium, and steel necessary of fins for analysis and select most effective cooling fin. They
to dissipate maximum quantity of heat for different fin have work on rectangular, triangular, concave & convex
widths, fin weights, and airflow conditions. The analysis also profile fin of aluminium nitride and aluminium alloy A204
concerns determination of the optimum fin proportions preferred for analysis. The parameters for analysis heat
when specified limits are placed on the fin dimension. transfer rate through fin, fin efficiency and effectiveness
through free and forced convection heat transfer mode. The
Zhang Yong et al (1998) [6] discussed an importance of low results obtained with concave fin with material aluminium
heat rejection (LHR) technique to reduce the thermal loads alloy A204 is better since heat transfer rate of the fin is more.
and heat rejection in the field of internal combustion By using concave fins, the weight of the fin body reduces
engines. In heavy mechanical and thermal loads, cylinder compared to existing rectangular engine cylinder fin.
heads are the most complicated parts and the key point of
the LHR technique application in engines. And presented the N. Arul [Link]. (2017) [12] conducted experimental and
researching work of the LHR cylinder head and its structure computational analysis of various types of fins. Using CFD
also presented the structure of a LHR cylinder head for software the fluid analysis is done with existing design. The
vehicle engines. dimensions of the cylinder length, cylinder thickness,
cylinder inner and outer diameter are initialized by us to a
Menon Zakirhusen K et al (2005) [7] conducted parametric certain value corresponding to the existing available design.
study on fin heat transfer for air cooled motorcycle engines
in this the fin profile and fin array parameters could be K. Sathishkumar [Link] (2017) [13] computational analysis of
optimized in a better way by numerical simulation methods. heat transfer through fins with different types of notches in
which the fins with various configurations were modelled

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using CREO 2.0 and analyses are done by using CFD – Fluent Table 3.1 : Selection of material and their properties.
in order to find out the heat transfer rate.

Sorathiya A. S. [Link]. (2017) [14] presented the

augmentation of heat transfer coefficient for varying fins
configuration of cylinder block of SI engine

Kumar Rajat [Link]. (2020) [15] studied enhancement of the

thermal properties by shifting geometry, material, and
design of fins. The thermal analysis of fins by modifying its
certain parameters such as geometry and plate fins and pin 4. DESIGN OF FINS
fins has been completed and by observing the analysis
results, they say using conical draft pin fins with material 4.1 Specifications of Model
aluminium alloy 1060 is better since the temperature drop
and the heat transfer rate in a conical draft pin fins much For design we have selected the 125cc engine was selected
more, compared to plate fin. and its specifications are as follows,

Shareef, S. K. Mohammad [Link]. (2021) [16] presented Table 4.1 : Specifications of Model
numerical investigation of thermal properties of engine
cylinder by varying geometry properties material and profile Model name Honda Shine
of cylinder using ANSYS workbench. CC 125

Abbood M. H. [Link]. (2021) [17] conducted investigation on Stroke (mm) 58

the effects of fin geometry on motorcycle cylinder cooling by Bore (mm) 52
adding eight fins with different shapes around the cylinder.
They use Fluent software (ANSYS 19.0) for investigation. In Number of fins 6
investigation they varied Reynolds numbers (4, 6, and 8 x Fin pitch (mm) 10
104 ) under constant heat flux (6, 12, 25 kW/m²). Four types
of fins, square, circular, elliptical, and air foil, all with the Fin thickness 2.5
same thickness (5 mm), pitch gap between each fin (3 mm), Fin material Al Alloy
and surface area (0.0745 m²) were investigated. The metal
used for the fin bodies was aluminium alloy, with a thermal Position of fins w.r.t cylinder axis Perpendicular
conductivity of 237 W/m-K. The working fluid used was air.
They concluded that the best case was seen in the cylinder
with square fins, which obtained the highest value of heat [Link] of cylinder = 0.045D +1.6 mm
transfer coefficient, and the rate of the heat transfer = 0.045 × 52 + 1.6 mm ,
increases when the Reynolds number increases. . = 3.64 mm .
. = 4 mm
3. OBJECTIVES
2. Maximum length of fin = 22 mm
The aim of this project is to design and analysis of cylinder
3. Minimum length of fin = 7 mm
fins, for heat deception by changing the geometry and
materials. 4. Circular fin profiles have 2 mm thick fins were modelled.

1. Creation of conceptual CAD model for study. 5. The number of fins for each model are 6.
6. The distance between the two top surfaces of the fins is
2. To enhance the heat transfer rate by making following maintained at 10 mm.
changes
7. The engine cylinder's length is 58 mm; the outer and inner
i) Change the geometry of fins i.e. circular & wavy shape fins bore diameters are 60 and 52 mm.
in which the thickness of fin was kept constant i.e. 2 mm
4.2 Steps of involved in CAD Modelling
ii) Change the material of the fin and selecting various
materials for further process i.e. Aluminium, Aluminium 4.2.1 Circular Fins
6061 & Aluminium 2014
For CAD modelling SOLIDWROKS 2020 software was used.
4. Evaluate fin surface temperature computationally. The SOLIDWORKS® CAD software is a mechanical design
automation application that designers quickly sketch out

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ideas, experiment with features and dimensions, and Step 3: Convert the sketch into 3D by Revolve command, as
produce models and detailed drawings. shown in Fig.4.4

Step 1: Select Front Plane and created 2D sketch rectangle of

58 x 60 and converted to 3D with revolve command, as
shown in Fig.4.1 & 4.2

Fig. 4.4 : Convert the Sketch into 3D by Revolve Command

Step 4 : Final sketch of circular cylinder fin is as shown in

fig.4.5
Fig. 4.1 : Created 2D Sketch of Cylinder

Fig. 4.5 : Final sketch of Circular Cylinder Fin

Fig. 4.2 : 3D with Revolve Command
4.2.2 Wavy Fins
Step 2: Sketch is made for extended surfaces i.e fins as
shown in fig 4.3 Convective heat flow can be enhanced by altering the shape
of fin to wavy shape. The design of wavy fin involves the
parameters like fin length, fin width, fin thickness, waviness
angle, fin pitch and number of fins. Generally, fin length and
number of fins are fixed by cylinder size, fin width will be
decided by heat loss requirement as well as space available
for the cylinder in motorbike while thickness must be kept
less as far as possible for faster removal of heat, but
manufacturing limitation and strength of cylinder fins put
limitation as minimum as 2 mm or more. From the above
discussion, it is clear that only two parameters i.e Fin
waviness angle. & Fin pitch are needed to be designed and
optimize for better heat transfer coefficient. Wavy fin has
pitch four times more than its thickness and 200 of wave
Fig. 4.3 : Sketch Is Made for Extended Surfaces angle with 25 mm wavelength are recommended by
Sorathiya A.S. [17]

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Step 1: Select Front Plane and created 2D sketch line 102

mm & 200 of wave angle with 25 mm wavelength, as shown
in Fig.4.6

Fig. 4.9 : Remove the Inner Part by Using Cut and Extrude
Command

Step 4: Draw a Wavy fins over cylinder using boss extrude,

cut extrude & L Pattern Command, as shown in Fig.4.10.
Fig. 4.6 : Select Front Plane and Created 2D sketch

Step 2: Then converted it into 3D by using Extrude

command, as shown in Fig.4.7

Fig. 4.10 : Draw a Wavy fins over cylinder

Thus, using above steps the circular & wavy shape fin models
are created.
Fig. 4.7 : Converted it in to 3D by Using Extrude Command
5. ANALYSIS OF FINS
Step 3: Draw a circle with radius of 30 mm at the center and
remove the inner part by using cut and extrude command, as The steady of thermal analysis determine the minimum
shown in Fig.4.8 & 4.9. temperature and heat flux as an object that does not vary
with time. The surface temperature of engine cylinder is
assumed to 2000C.

5.1 Assumption for analysis

1. The temperature of air does not change significantly.

2. Constant heat transfer coefficient is considered for air.
3. Most material properties are constant such as thermal
conductivity, elasticity modulus, coefficient of thermal
expansion etc.

Fig. 4.8 :: Draw a circle 5.2 Static thermal analysis

Step 1: Import the Geometry

The geometry of fin created with SOLIDWORKS has to be

saved in “.igs” file format. So, that it can accessed through the
ANSYS software. The analysis is carried out for steady state
heat transfer process. The imported geometry of circular fin
is shown in Fig.5.1 & of way fin is as shown in Fig.5.2

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Step 2 : Generating the Mesh

1. Select the model and generate the mesh for the design.

2. For meshing, program-controlled mesh was used with

adaptive sizing with medium smoothing.

3. 11454 nodes and 5480 elements were generated in

circular fins, and in case of wavy fins 25792 nodes and
12257 elements are generated. The mesh model of circular
fin with 11454 nodes & 5480 elements is shown in Fig.5.3 &
of wavy fin with 25792 nodes & 12257 elements is shown in
Fig.5.4 Fig. 5.3 : Mesh Model of Circular Fin

Step 3: Boundary conditions

A convection boundary condition is applied to the outside

surface of the cylinder and the fins with the ambient
temperature as 35℃, and the convection coefficient as 28.75
W/ (m2 ℃). The boundary conditions applied to outside
surface of circular fin is shown in Fig.5.5 & of wavy fin is
shown in Fig.5.6

Step 4: Loading conditions

For loading conditions selecting the inner surface of the Fig- 5.4: Mesh Model of Wavy Fin
cylinder, assign the value of the approximate value of wall
temperature 2000 C is applied. The Loading condition
applied on inner surface of circular fin is shown in Fig.5.7 &
of wavy fin is shown in Fig.5.8

Fig. 5.5 : Boundary Conditions Applied to Circular Fin

Fig. 5.1 : Geometry of Circular Fin

Fig. 5.6 : Boundary Conditions Applied Wavy Fin

Fig. 5.2 : Geometry of Wavy Fin

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and minimum heat flux is found to be 5.4116 X 105 W/m2 &

10463 W/m2 respectively as shown in Fig.6.12.

Fig.5.7 Loading Condition Applied to Circular Fin Fig. 6.1 : Steady State Temperature of Circular Fin
(Aluminium)

Fig. 6.2 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Circular Fin

(Aluminium)
Fig. 5.8 : Loading Condition Applied to Wavy Fin

6. RESULTS & DISCUSSION

Following results are obtained from the thermal analysis of
circular and wavy fins using ANSYS.

1. The steady state temperature of aluminium circular fin is

found to be 164.420C as shown in Fig 6.1 & the maximum
and minimum heat flux is found to be 6.0933 X 105 W/ m2 & Fig. 6.3 : Steady State Temperature of Circular Fin
4950.8 W/ m2 respectively as shown in Fig 6.2. (Aluminium 6061)

2. The steady state temperature of aluminium 6061 circular

fin is found to be 161.760C as shown in Fig.6.3 & the
maximum and minimum heat flux is found to be 6.5558 X
105 W/ m2 & 5372.7 W/ m2 respectively as shown in Fig.6.4.

3. The steady state temperature of aluminium 2014 circular

fin is found to be 162.640C as shown in Fig.6.5 & the
maximum and minimum heat flux is found to be 6.4033 X
105 W/ m2 & 5232.5 W/ m2 respectively as shown in Fig.6.6 Fig. 6.4 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Circular Fin
(Aluminium 6061)
4. The steady state temperature of aluminium wavy fin is
found to be 152.60C as shown in Fig.6.7 & the maximum and
minimum heat flux is found to be 5.2051 X 105 W/ m2 &
10050 W/ m2 respectively as shown in Fig.6.8.

5. The steady state temperature of aluminium wavy fin is

found to be 149.020C as shown in Fig.6.9 & the maximum
and minimum heat flux is found to be 5.614 X 105 W/ m 2 &
10869 W/ m2 respectively as shown in Fig.6.10.

6. The steady state temperature of aluminium wavy fin is Fig. 6.5 : Steady State Temperature of Circular Fin
found to be 150.020C as shown in Fig.6.11 & the maximum (Aluminium 2014)

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Fig. 6.6 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Circular Fin Fig. 6.11 : Steady State Temperature of Wavy Fin
(Aluminium 6061) (Aluminium 2014)

Fig. 6.7 : Steady State Temperature of Wavy Fin Fig. 6.12 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Wavy Fin
(Aluminium) (Aluminium 2014)

Table 6.1 : Temperature and Heat Flux values according

to ANSYS

Fig. 6.8 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Wavy Fin

(Aluminium)

Thus, from above tabulated results of thermal analysis of

circular & wavy fins using ANSYS it is found that for
aluminium 6061 wavy fins gives minimum temperature is
149.020C, thus maximum heat transfer is feasible for wavy
fins as compared to circular fins. From above discussion is
Fig. 6.9 : Steady State Temperature of Wavy Fin cleared that as compared to circular fin, the wavy fin
(Aluminium 6061) improves the cooling rate of the engine cylinder fin.

7. CONCLUSION
From the thermal analysis of cylinder fin, it is concluded that
wavy fins with aluminium 6061 is more effective as
compared to other fins, for which the fin temperature is
found to be 149.020C and its maximum & minimum heat flux
is 5.614 x 105 W/m2 & 10869 W/m2 respectively. Thus,
wavy shape fins can replace the circular fins, so as to achieve
Fig. 6.10 : Steady State Total Heat Flux of Wavy Fin effective heat transfer.
(Aluminium 6061)

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