Material testing and low cycle fatigue life analysis of supercharger gasket

Abstract Aiming at the cracking problem of the supercharger metal gasket in the development stage of an engine, an analysis method is established. Firstly, the gasket is assumed to be a spring unit, and transient three-dimensional analysis is carried out to obtain the gap movement of the gasket during the whole cycle process. Then, a detailed two-dimensional model of the gasket is established to calculate the low-cycle fatigue life of the gasket structure through loading temperature and gap movement. The data of tensile strength and elastic modulus at different temperatures were obtained by testing the base material of the gasket. The results indicate that the material performance of the gasket drops sharply when it is higher than 400°C to 500°C, and the temperature of the gasket near the supercharger is in this interval. From the life results, it can be seen that the two layers of the gasket have cracks in half of the test, and the cracking problem can be solved by adjusting the material of the two layers.