DESIGNOFFLYWHEEL

by
P.BASHOK
K.RAVIKUMAR

Abstract:

Flywheels serve as kinetic energy storage and retrieval devices with the ability to deliver high
output power at high rotational speeds as being one of the emerging energy storage technologies
available today in various stages of development, especially in advanced technological areas, i.e.,
spacecrafts. Today, most of the research efforts are being spent on improving energy storage
capability of flywheels to deliver high power at transfer times, lasting longer than conventional
battery powered technologies.
Mainly, the performance of a flywheel can be attributed to three factors, i.e., material strength,
geometry (cross-section) and rotational speed. While material strength directly determines kinetic
energy level that could be produced safely combined (coupled) with rotor speed, this study solely
focuses on exploring the effects of flywheel geometry on its energy storage/deliver capability per
unit mass, further defined as Specific Energy. Proposed computer aided analysis and optimization
procedure results show that smart design of flywheel geometry could both have a significant effect
on the Specific Energy performance and reduce the operational loads exerted on the shaft/bearings
due to reduced mass at high rotational speeds.
An automotive system using a high speed, moderate mass regulator capable of storing and
apace dissipating massive provides of mechanical energy let alone a transmission custom-made to
allow the graceful unleash of keep mechanical energy from the regulator to the vehicle wheels and a
charging means that for activity mechanical energy to the regulator at comparatively low energy
levels.
Actually, it's the energy that's keep within the type of mechanical energy. It resists modification
within the motion speed, as a results of that the rotation of the shaft becomes steady. sensible
quality flywheels square measure fabricated from metal, as they're lightweight. Aluminium Alloy is
additionally being employed, because it ends up in high-energy storage. the burden of high-quality
flywheels employed in engines ranges from 13-25 kilo so Very light. This light-weight ends up in
fast engine response.
In this paper we adapt IC engine flywheel and design in CAD software namely CATIA V5 R20.
This has very advanced designing and drafting tools. Modelling of flywheel is done with required
dimensions and aluminium alloy material is applied to the model design.

Contents

Abstract

Chapter1:IntroductionofFlywheel
Introduction
1.1 Flywheelorgins
1.2 ComparisonamongAlternativeFormsofEnergyStorage
1.3 Theoreticalanalysis
1.4 Application
1.5 Advantagesanddisadvantages
1.61 Advantages
1.62 Disadvantages

Chapter2:Literaturesurvey
2.1 Recentdevelopments
2.2 Theoreticalanalysis
2.3 Design

1. INTRODUCTION OF FLYWHEEL

1.1 Introduction
A flywheel is a mechanical device with a significant moment of inertia used as a storage
device for rotational energy. Flywheels resist changes in their rotational speed, which helps
steady the rotation of the shaft when a fluctuating torque is exerted on it by its power
source. flywheels have become the subject of extensive research as power storage devices
for uses in vehicles. flywheel energy storage systems are considered to be an attractive
alternative to electrochemical batteries due to higher stored energy density, higher life
term, deterministic state of charge and ecologically clean nature.
Flywheel is basically a rechargeable battery. It is used to absorb electric energy from
a source, store it as kinetic energy of rotation, and then deliver it to a load at the
appropriate time, in the form that meets the load needs. As shown in Fig1, a typical
system consists of a flywheel, a motor/generator, and controlled electronics for
connection to a larger electric power system.

Figure 1.1Basic components of flywheel wheel energy storage system

The input power may differ from the output power in its temporal profile, frequency, or
ther attributes. It is converted by the input electronics into a form appropriate for efficiently
driving a variable-speed motor. The motor spins the flywheel, which stores energy
mechanically, slowing down as it delivers energy to a load. That decrease in mechanical
energy is converted into electrical form by the generator. A challenge facing the motor and
the generator designer is to size the system for the amount of storage (energy) and delivery
rate (power) required and also to minimize losses. The output electronics convert the
variable-frequency output from the generator into the electric power required by the load.
Since the input and output are typically separated in a timely manner, many approaches
combine the motor and generator into a single machine, and place the input and output
electronics into a single module, to reduce weight and cost.

Modern high-speed flywheels differ from their forebears in being lighter and spinning
much faster. Since the energy stored in a flywheel increases only linearly with its moment
of inertia but goes up as the square of its rotational speed, the tradeoff is a good one. But it
do raise two issues: flywheel strength and losses caused due to air friction. To keep from
flying apart, modern flywheels are complex structures based on extremely strong materials
like Aluminium Alloy.

1.2FlywheelOrigins
The origins and use of flywheel technology for mechanical energy storage began
severalhundredyearsagoanddevelopedthroughouttheIndustrialRevolution.Oneof
thefirstmoderndissertationsonthetheoreticalstresslimitationsofrotationaldisksisthe
work by Dr.A.Stodola, whose first translation to English was made in 1917.
Developmentofadvancedflywheelbeginsinthe1970s.

1.3ComparisonamongAlternativeFormsofEnergyStorage
Chemicalbatteriesarewidelyusedinmanyapplicationscurrently.Buttherearea
numberofdrawbacksofchemicalbatteries.
1. Narrowoperationaltemperaturerange.Theperformanceofthechemicalbatterywill
bedeterioratedsharplyathighorlowtemperature.
2. Capacitydecreasesoverlife.Thecapacityofthechemicalbatterycannotbemaintained
inahighlevelallthroughitslife,thecapacitywilldecreasewithtimegoeson.

3. Difficultyinobtainingchargestatus.Itisnotsoeasytoknowthedegreeofthe
chargeofthechemicalbatterybecausethechemicalreactioninthebatteryisveryhardto
measureandcontrol.
4. Overchargeandoverdischarge.Chemicalbatterycanneitherbeoverdischargednor
beovercharged,oritslifewillbeshortedsharply.
5. Environmentalconcerns.Manyelementsofthechemicalbatteryarepoisonous,they
willdoharmtotheenvironmentandthepeople.
Obviously,thepresenceoftheshortcomingsofthechemicalbatteriesmakesthemnot

soappealingtotheusersnowadays.Instead,flywheelenergystoragesystembecome
potentialalternativeformofenergystorage.

Table.1.1Comparisonamongtwoenergystoragesystems
Leadacid

Flywheel

battery

battery

Storagemechanism

Chemical

Mechanical

Life(yearsinservice)

35

>20

Technology

Proven

Promising

Numberofmanufacturers

~700

~10

~7000

~2

Temperaturerange

Limited

LessLimited

Environmentalconcerns

Disposalissues

Slight

Larger

Smallest

$50$100

$400$800

Annual
$millions)

Relativesize
(equivalentpower/energy)
Price,perkilowatt

Sale
s(U
S

Table1showsthecomparisonamongchemicalbatteryandflywheelenergystorage
system.Giventhestateofdevelopmentofflywheelbatteries,itisexpectedthatcostsfor
flywheel can be lowered with further technical development. On the other hand,
electrochemicalbatteriesalreadyhaveatremendouseconomyofscalethathasdriven
costsdownasfarastheyarelikelytogo.

Besideswhathavebeenmentionedintable1,therearealsosomeotherpotential
advantagesthatflywheelenergystoragesystemhasoverchemicalbattery.Referto:
1. Higher energy storage density. The flywheel battery whose speed exceeds
60000r/mincangeneratemorethan20Whrs/lbmenergy.Buttheenergystoragedensity
ofthenickelhydrogenbatteryisonly56Whrs/lb.
2. Nocapacitydecreasesoverlife.Thelifeoftheflywheelbatterydependsmainlyon
thelifeofpowerelectronicdevicesandcanreachabout20years.
3. Nooverchargeandoverdischarge.Theperformanceoftheflywheelbatteryisnot
influenced when it is discharged heavily, and the overcharge can be avoided with
assistanceofpowerelectronicdevices.
4. Sincemechanicalenergyisproportionaltothesquareoftheflywheelspeed,the
storedenergylevelindicatorisasimplespeedmeasurement.Inaddition,thechargeof
theflywheelbatterycanberestoredinseveralminutes,butitwilltakeaboutseveral
hoursforchemicalbatterytocharge.

1.4 Theoreticalanalysis
Energyisstoredintherotoraskineticenergy,ormorespecifically,rotationalenergy:

where
istheangularvelocity,and
Iisthemomentofinertiaofthemassaboutthecenterofrotation.

Themomentofinertiaforasolidcylinderis ,
forathinwalledcylinderis

andforathickwalledcylinderis

wheremdenotesmass,andrdenotesaradius.Moreinformationcanbe

foundatlistofmomentsofinertia
When calculating with SI units, the standards would be for mass,
kilograms;forradius,meters;andforangularvelocity,radianspersecond.
TheresultinganswerwouldbeinJoules
Theamountofenergythatcansafelybestoredintherotordependsonthe
pointatwhichtherotorwillwarporshatter.

where
t isthetensilestressontherimofthecylinder
isthedensityofthecylinder
ristheradiusofthecylinder,and
1
istheangularvelocityofthecylinder.

Applications

1.51Transportation

In the 1950s flywheel-powered buses, known as gyrobuses, were used in Yverdon,

Switzerland, and there is ongoing research to make flywheel systems that are smaller,
lighter, cheaper, and have a greater capacity. It is hoped that flywheel systems can
replace conventional chemical batteries for mobile applications, such as for electric
vehicles. Proposed flywh
Flywheel power storage systems in current production (2001) have storage capacities
comparable to batteries and faster discharge rates. They are mainly used to provide
load leveling for large battery systems, such as an uninterruptible power supply for
data centers
Flywheel maintenance in general runs about one-half the cost of traditional battery
UPS systems. The only maintenance is a basic annual preventive maintenance routine
and replacing the bearings every three years, which takes about four hours.
1.53 Amusement ride

The Incredible Hulk roller coaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure features a

rapidly accelerating uphill launch as opposed to the typical gravity drop. This is
achieved through powerful traction motors that throw the car up the track. To achieve
the brief very high current required to accelerate a full coaster train to full speed
uphill, the park utilizes several motor generator sets with large flywheels. Without
these stored energy units, the park would have to invest in a new substation and risk
browning-out the local energy grid every time the ride launches.

1.54 Motor sports

The FIA has re-allowed the use of KERS (see kinetic energy recovery system) as part
of its Formula 1 2009 Sporting Regulations. Using a continuously variable
transmission (CVT), energy is recovered from the drive train during braking and
stored in a flywheel. This stored energy is then used during acceleration by altering
the ratio of the CVT. In motor sports applications this energy is used to improve
acceleration rather than reduce carbon dioxide emissionsalthough the same
technology can be applied to road cars to improve fuel efficiency.
1.55 Flywheel energy storage systems are widely used in space, hybrid vehicles,
military field and power quality. Space station, satellites, aircraft are the main
application field in space. In these fields, flywheel systems function as energy storage
and attitude control. For the applications in hybrid vehicles and military field,
flywheel systems are mostly used to provide pulse power. But for power quality
application, flywheel systems are widely used in USP, to offer functions of
uninterruptible power and voltage control.

Figure 1.2 Applications of Flywheel Energy Storage System

Figure 3 shows an example of NASA on the FESS development. The blue arrows
represent energy storage combined with attitude control, which mostly used in space
stations, satellites, and so on. Red arrow represents pulse power, which are used in
aircrafts, combat vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. green arrow represents
uninterruptible power & voltage control, which is used in UPS, aircraft launch and utility
peaking. From the figure, we can see that NASAs near term researches on flywheel are
mostly concentrated on space applications, but the far term researches are turning to
industry applications gradually.

1.6 Advantages and disadvantages

1.61 Advantages

Flywheels store energy very efficiently (high turn-around efficiency) and have the
potential for very high specific power(~ 130 Wh/kg, or ~ 500 kJ/kg) compared with
batteries. Flywheels have very high output potential and relatively long life. Flywheels
are relatively unaffected by ambient temperature extremes. The energy efficiency (ratio
of energy out per energy in) of flywheels can be as high as 90%. Typical capacities range
from 3 kWh to 133 kWh. Rapid charging of a system occurs in less than 15 minutes.

1.61Disadvantages
Current flywheels have low specific energy. There are safety concerns associated with
flywheels due to their high speed rotor and the possibility of it breaking loose and
releasing all of it's energy in an uncontrolled manner. Flywheels are a less mature
technology than chemical batteries, and the current cost is too high to make them
competitive in the market.

2.1 Recent developments

Mission critical technology programs are recently focused on storing energy

more efficiently using flywheel than rechargeable chemical batteries while also
providing some control advantages. Flywheel is essentially a simple device for
storing energy in a rotating mass has been known for centuries. It is only since
the development of high-strength materials and magnetic bearings that this
technology is gaining a lot more attention. Exploration of high-strength materials
allows designers to reach high operating speeds, yielding more kinetic energy.
Using magnetic bearings make it possible to reach high operating speeds
providing cleaner, faster and more efficient bearing equipment at extreme
temperatures. Recently designed flywheels could offer orders of magnitude
increases in both performance and service life and in addition, large control
torques and momentum storage capability for spacecraft, launch vehicles,
aircraft power systems and power supplies
The flywheel system mainly consists of flywheel rotor, motor/generator,
magnetic bearings, housing and power transformation electronic system In
the development of the flywheel, current researches have focused on
increasing the performance while meeting the safety considerations, i.e.,
material, housing and bearing failures. Investigation of energy storage and
failure considerations starts with the calculation of kinetic energy.
2.2Theoretical analysis

The kinetic energy stored in a rotating mass is given as,

(1)

(2)

where x is the distance from rotational axis to the differential mass dmx.

where I is the mass moment of inertia and is the angular velocity. Mass
moment of inertia is obtained by the mass and geometry of the flywheel and
given as,
For solid cylindrical disk, I is given as,
(3)

where m is the mass and r the radius of the flywheel. Specific energy Ek,m is
obtained by dividing Ek by the mass to give:
(4)

If Ek, is multiplied by the mass density of the flywheel the energy density is
obtained:
(5)

In this context, the design challenge is to maximize either Ek,m or Ek,v, while
satisfying the stress constraints. Tangential and radial stresses are given for
cylindrical flywheel geometry [10] where the outside radius (ro) is assumed to

be large compared to the flywheel thickness (t) ro

10t;
(6

(7

After careful examination of these formulations, it could be observed that

mainly three fully-coupled design factors have significant effect in the overall
performance of flywheels as depicted in Fig. 1.
Material strength; basically stronger materials could undertake large

operating stresses, hence could be run at high rotational speeds allow ing to
store more energy.
1

Rotational speed; directl y controls the energy stored, higher speeds

desired for more energy storage, b ut high speeds assert excessive loads
on b oth flywheel and bearings during the shaft design.
2

Geometry; controls the S pecific Energy, in other words, kinetic

ener gy storage capability of the fl ywheel. Any optimization effort of

flywheel cross-section may contribute su bstantial improvements in kinetic
energy sto rage capability thus reducing bo th overall shaft/bearing loads
and material failure occurences.

Fig. 2.1. Fully-coupled flyw heel operating characteristics.

INTRODUCTION TO CATIA

CATIA (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) is

a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the
French company Assault Systems. Written in the C++ programming language,
CATIA is the cornerstone of the Assault Systems product lifecycle management
software suite.
CATIA competes in the CAD/CAM/CAE market with Siemens NX,
Pro/E, Autodesk Inventor, and Solid Edge as well as many others.
Developer(s)
Stable release

Dassault Systems
V6R2011x / November 23,

2010
Operating system Unix / Windows
Type
CAD software
License
Proprietary
Website
WWW.3ds.com

Table 3.1: Details of CATIA

3.1 HISTORY OF CATIA

CATIA started as an in-house development in 1977 by French aircraft
manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault, at that time customer of the CADAM
CAD software to develop Dassault's Mirage fighter jet, then was adopted in the
aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding, and other industries.
Initially

named

CATI

(Conception

Assisted

Tridimensionnelle

Interactive - French for Interactive Aided Three-dimensional Design) - it was

renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and
sell the software, and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM.
In 1984, the Boeing Company chose CATIA as its main 3D CAD tool,
becoming its largest customer.
In 1988, CATIA version 3 was ported from mainframe computers to
UNIX.
In 1990, General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp chose CATIA as its main
3D CAD tool, to design the U.S. Navy's Virginia class submarine.
In 1992, CADAM was purchased from IBM and the next year CATIA
CADAM V4 was published. In 1996, it was ported from one to four UNIX
operating systems, including IBM AIX, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Sun
Microsystems SunOS and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX.
In 1998, an entirely rewritten version of CATIA, CATIA V5 was
released, with support for UNIX, Windows NT and Windows XP since 2001.
In 2008, Dassault announced and released CATIA V6. While the server
can run on Microsoft Windows, Linux or AIX, client support for any operating
system other than Microsoft Windows is dropped.
3.1.1 Release History
Name/Version Latest
CATIA v4
CATIA v5

Number
R25
R20

Build Original
Date
1993
1998

Release Latest

Release

Date
January 2007
February 2010

CATIA v6

R2012

29/05/2008

May 2011

Table 3.2: versions of CATIA

3.2 SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Commonly referred to as 3D Product Lifecycle Management software
suite, CATIA supports multiple stages of product development (CAx), from
conceptualization, design (CAD), manufacturing (CAM), and engineering
(CAE). CATIA facilitates collaborative engineering across disciplines,
including surfacing & shape design, mechanical engineering, equipment and
systems engineering

3.2.1 Surfacing & Shape Design

CATIA provides a suite of surfacing, reverse engineering, and
visualization solutions to create, modify, and validate complex innovative
shapes. From subdivision, styling, and Class A surfaces to mechanical
functional surfaces.
3.2.2 Mechanical Engineering
CATIA enables the creation of 3D parts, from 3D sketches, sheet metal,
composites, and molded, forged or tooling parts up to the definition of
mechanical assemblies. It provides tools to complete product definition,
including functional tolerances, as well as kinematics definition.
3.2.3 Equipment Design

CATIA facilitates the design of electronic, electrical as well as

distributed systems such as fluid and HVAC systems, all the way to the
production of documentation for manufacturing.
3.2.4 Systems Engineering
CATIA offers a solution to model complex and intelligent products
through the systems engineering approach. It covers the requirements
definition, the systems architecture, the behavior modeling and the virtual
product or embedded software generation. CATIA can be customized via
application programming interfaces (API). CATIA V5 & V6 can be adapted
using Visual Basic and C++ programming languages via CAA (Component
Application Architecture); a component object model (COM)-like interface.
Although later versions of CATIA V4 implemented NURBS, V4
principally used piecewise polynomial surface. CATIA V4 uses a non-manifold
solid engine.
Catia V5 features a parametric solid/surface-based package which uses
NURBS as the core surface representation and has several workbenches that
provide KBE support.
V5 can work with other applications, including Enova, Smarteam, and
various CAE Analysis applications.

3.3 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS

CATIA V6 runs only on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS with limited
products.
CATIA V5 runs on Microsoft Windows (both 32-bit and 64-bit), and as of
Release 18Service Pack4 on Windows Vista 64.IBM AIX, Hewlett Packard HPUX and Sun Microsystems Solaris are supported.
CATIA V4 is supported for those Unixes and IBM MVS and VM/CMS
mainframe platforms up to release 1.7.

CATIA V3 and earlier run on the mainframe platforms.

3.4 NOTABLE INDUSTRIES USING CATIA
CATIA can be applied to a wide variety of industries, from aerospace
and defense, automotive, and industrial equipment, to high tech, shipbuilding,
consumer goods, plant design, consumer packaged goods, life sciences,
architecture and construction, process power and petroleum, and services.
CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/E, NX (formerly Unigraphics), and Solid Works are
the dominant systems.
3.4.1 Aerospace
The Boeing Company used CATIA V3 to develop its777 airliner, and is
currently using CATIA V5 for the787 series aircraft. They have employed the
full range of Dassault Systems' 3D PLM products CATIA, DELMIA, and
ENOVIALCA supplemented by Boeing developed applications.
The development of the Indian Light Combat Aircraft has been using CATIA
V5.
Chinese Xian JH-7 A is the first aircraft developed by CATIA V5, when the
design was completed on September 26, 2000.
European aerospace giant Airbus has been using CATIA since 2001.
Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier Aerospace has done all of its aircraft
design on CATIA.
The Brazilian aircraft company, EMBRAER, use Catia V4 and V5 to build all
airplanes.
Vought Aircraft Industries use CATIA V4 and V5 to produce its parts.
The British Helicopter company, Westland, use CATIA V4 and V5 to
produce all their aircraft. Westland is now part of an Italian company called
Finmeccanica the joined company calls themselves AgustaWestland.
The main supplier of helicopters to the U.S Military forces, Sikorsky

Aircraft Corp., uses CATIA as well.

3.4.2 Automotive
Many automotive companies use CATIA to varying degrees, including
BMW, Porsche, Daimler AG, Chrysler, Honda, Audi, Jaguar Land
RoverVolkswagen, Bentley Motors Limited, Volvo, Fiat, Benteler AG, PSA
Peugeot Citron, Renault, Toyota, Ford, Scania, Hyundai, Skoda Auto, Tesla
Motors, Valmet Automotive, Proton, Tata motors and Mahindra & Mahindra
Limited. Goodyear uses it in making tires for automotive and aerospace and
also uses a customized CATIA for its design and development. Many
automotive companies use CATIA for car structures door beams, IP
supports, bumper beams, roof rails, side rails, body components because
CATIA is very good in surface creation and Computer representation of
surfaces. Bombardier Transportation, Canada is using CATIA software to
design its entire fleet of Train engines, Coaches.
3.4.3 Ship building
Dassault Systems has begun serving shipbuilders with CATIA V5 release 8,
which includes special features useful to shipbuilders. GD Electric Boat used
CATIA to design the latest fast attack submarine class for the United States
Navy, the Virginia class. Northrop Grumman Newport News also used CATIA
to design the GeraldR. Ford class of super carriers for the US Navy.

3.4.4 Industrial Equipment

CATIA has a strong presence in the Industrial Equipment industry.
Industrial Manufacturing machinery companies like Schuler and Metso use
CATIA , as well as heavy mobile machinery and equipment companies like
Claas, and also various industrial equipment product companies like Alstom
Power and ABB Group.

3.4.5 Other
Architect Frank Gehry has used the software, through the C-Cubed
Virtual Architecture company, now Virtual Build Team, to design his awardwinning curvilinear buildings. His technology arm, Gehry Technologies, has
been developing software based on CATIA V5 named Digital Project. Digital
Project has been used to design buildings and has successfully completed a
handful of projects.

According to the described procedure the gear pair with the following
parameters was modeled using CATIA V5R12. Modeling of gear using the
CATIA consists of two steps, one is part design and another Assembly design.
Part and Shape design are the basic modules of design in CATIA software. They
are based on several tools for easy and qualitative modeling of any kind of
machine elements. First step of design any part is to define position (plane) of
Sketch and to draw profile in chosen Sketch. Some operations consist in adding
material, others in removing material for example Create a Pad, Pocket, Shaft,
Groove, Hole, Slot, and Loft etc.

DESIGNING OF FLYWHEEL IN CATIA

STEP1:
start--->mechanical design---->part design

STEP2:
select an axis plane then go to 2D plane by using sketch tool

STEP3:
draw a circle with required radius and come to 3D plane by using exit
work bench

STEP4:add material to circle by using pad tool up to required thickness

STEP5:
make a hole with circle command in sketcher workbench and at centre for
shaft by using pocket tool

STEP6:
add some material around the inner hole to required thickness

STEP7:
Remove the material from wheel at required levels by using pocket tool by
making dimensions in sketch

STEP8:
make chamfering using chamfer command

STEP9:
sketch--->make asmall hole beside shaft hole---->remove the material by
using pocket tool

STEP10:
by using circular pattern definition make holes in circular transformation
form command

STEP11:
make teeth on flywheel by using pocket tool and make around the wheel by
using circular pattern definition

STEP12:
Remove the material by using pocket tool at desired levels

STEP13:

make chamfering by using chamfering tool

STEP14:
it is final view of fly wheel

STEP14:
After applying material

STEP15:
four side view of fly wheel for different angle view

STEP17:
Wireframe view of flywheel

STEP18:
Final view of flywheel

CONCLUSION
A flywheel used in machines serves as a reservoir which stores energy during

the period when the supply of energy is more than the requirement and releases
it during the period when the requirement of energy is more than supply.
In our project we have designed a flywheel used in a multi cylinder petrol
engine using theoretical calculations. 2d drawing is created and Modelling of
flywheel is done using CATIA V5 R20, using sketcher workbench and part
design workbench.
In this work bench using different sketch tools in sketcher workbench and 3D
commands in part design workbench, we designed IC engine flywheel.
Based on the above work of flywheel and its optimization methods the
following design is completed.

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