The aim of this project is to investigate the use of PLA material and 3D printing technology to create a model of the Toyota 4A internal combustion engine. The 3D printed model of the engine has potential applications in education, testing, development, and prototyping of new engine designs. The engine model was created with 3D modeling software, and printed with an FDM printer. Theoretical kinematic and dynamic analyses are performed, and results are compared with simulations. Furthermore, the tensile properties of the printing material are tested with different printing angles and infill percentages for more accurate analyses.

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Creator

• Zeng, Qianchen

Subject

• Learning
• Project-Based Learning
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 106626
• E-project-042723-164833

Keyword

• Internal Combustion Engine Model
• PLA Tensile Testing
• 3D Printing

Advisor

• Ebadi, Alireza

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042723-164833

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-14