Manifold and base casting of Lunenburg Foundry Atlantic Marine Engine

Previous work started by mechanical engineering students in the spring of 2016 established a basis for applying modern machining and modeling techniques to the fabrication of century old sand cast designs, specifically a Lunenburg Foundry Atlantic Engine. This project was continued by mechanical engineering students in the spring of 2019. From there, this groundwork was used to fabricate one of the remaining parts of the engine, the lower base. Due to COVID-19 pandemic and MIT campus shut down, this thesis project was virtualized. From this, casting simulation software (Visual Cast) used to simulate the casting of another engine part, the manifold, with a variety of geometries and process conditions. The simulations were completed to predict the casting quality of the part if physically cast. Additionally, the next steps for completion of the engine are outlined.

Name thesis:degree_name

Bachelor

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Kirby, Chiaki(Chiaki Louise)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Daniel Braunstein.

• Mechanical Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127928

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/127928