Failure Analysis of Exhaust Manifold Stud of Mahindra Tractor Using Finite Element Analysis

Tractor as the most important agricultural machinery has main share in planting, retaining and harvesting operations and then in mechanization sector. Hence in order to reach sustainable agricultural machinery and also its quantity must be reached to optimum level. Very few cases of fracture failure analysis of agricultural vehicles have been reported till date. In the present study, failure of exhaust manifold stud of tractor, fatigue and longetivity of the manifold stud will be carried out in the FE code Analysis ANSYS. Therefore the simulation for cyclic stress/strain evolution and redistributions are critical for predicting fatigue/ fracture, improving the accuracy of fracture life prediction of mechanical components. For carrying out the fracture analysis it is necessary to determine the maximum load, and for calculating the maximum load various physical parameters would be taken in consideration: FE mesh of the component and Numerical analysis & Validation.