Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine

Combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine exhibit varied reliability evaluation indicators, and conventional methodologies fail to account for performance degradation of specific evaluation index because of reliability with coupling and cross-dependencies among different components, conse...

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Main Authors: Lei Hu, Wentong Wang, Xu Wang, Jianguo Yang, Yonghua Yu, Chunyang Mei
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-09-01
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Wentong Wang
Xu Wang
Jianguo Yang
Yonghua Yu
Chunyang Mei
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description Combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine exhibit varied reliability evaluation indicators, and conventional methodologies fail to account for performance degradation of specific evaluation index because of reliability with coupling and cross-dependencies among different components, consequently rendering existing reliability optimization inadequate for application requirements. Through establishing thermo-mechanical coupling simulations and creep-fatigue life method, the thermal-load characteristics and life indices of key components are systematically analyzed. Response surface methodology is used to establish reliability prediction models under sensitive factors of fuel injection, valve, and cooling systems, and a reliability comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight and grey correlation methods has been proposed. Constrained multi-objective optimization of reliability is conducted through contrastive analysis of different optimization algorithms. The research shows that the multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm achieves the best performance, the maximum temperatures of the piston, cylinder head, and liner decrease by 3.90 %, 5.66 %, and 6.52 %, the maximum thermo-mechanical coupling stresses reduced by 9.41 %, 7.83 %, and 4.97 % respectively, and creep-fatigue life enhancements reach 3.84 % and 12.67 % for the piston and cylinder head. The study establishes an effective method for reliability optimization of combustion chamber’s key components and presents significant engineering applications for reliability improvement for marine engines.
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spelling doaj-art-822d4a9f94344eb5a78990968fa4c19c2025-08-20T02:36:57ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2025-09-017310649710.1016/j.csite.2025.106497Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engineLei Hu0Wentong Wang1Xu Wang2Jianguo Yang3Yonghua Yu4Chunyang Mei5School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Power Engineering and Technology of Ministry of Transport, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China; Corresponding author. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 1178 He Ping Avenue, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430063, China.School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, ChinaSchool of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, ChinaSchool of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Power Engineering and Technology of Ministry of Transport, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China; Corresponding author. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 1178 He Ping Avenue, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, 430063, China.School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Power Engineering and Technology of Ministry of Transport, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430063, ChinaChina Shipbuilding Power Engineering Institute CO., Ltd., Shanghai, 200129, ChinaCombustion chamber’s key components of marine engine exhibit varied reliability evaluation indicators, and conventional methodologies fail to account for performance degradation of specific evaluation index because of reliability with coupling and cross-dependencies among different components, consequently rendering existing reliability optimization inadequate for application requirements. Through establishing thermo-mechanical coupling simulations and creep-fatigue life method, the thermal-load characteristics and life indices of key components are systematically analyzed. Response surface methodology is used to establish reliability prediction models under sensitive factors of fuel injection, valve, and cooling systems, and a reliability comprehensive evaluation method based on entropy weight and grey correlation methods has been proposed. Constrained multi-objective optimization of reliability is conducted through contrastive analysis of different optimization algorithms. The research shows that the multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm achieves the best performance, the maximum temperatures of the piston, cylinder head, and liner decrease by 3.90 %, 5.66 %, and 6.52 %, the maximum thermo-mechanical coupling stresses reduced by 9.41 %, 7.83 %, and 4.97 % respectively, and creep-fatigue life enhancements reach 3.84 % and 12.67 % for the piston and cylinder head. The study establishes an effective method for reliability optimization of combustion chamber’s key components and presents significant engineering applications for reliability improvement for marine engines.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25007579Marine engineCombustion chamber’s key componentsWeighting analysisReliability evaluationMulti-objective optimization
spellingShingle Lei Hu
Wentong Wang
Xu Wang
Jianguo Yang
Yonghua Yu
Chunyang Mei
Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Marine engine
Combustion chamber’s key components
Weighting analysis
Reliability evaluation
Multi-objective optimization
title Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
title_full Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
title_fullStr Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
title_full_unstemmed Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
title_short Reliability evaluation and multi-objective optimization of combustion chamber’s key components of marine engine
title_sort reliability evaluation and multi objective optimization of combustion chamber s key components of marine engine
topic Marine engine
Combustion chamber’s key components
Weighting analysis
Reliability evaluation
Multi-objective optimization
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25007579
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