Diesel engine components optimized

Finite element analysis can be combined with experiments to optimize a system. Finite element analysis offers many advantages. Its principal advantage is the reduction in development time and the ability to analyze components without having to fabricate the part. Thus, the study of several design alternatives can be performed in a relatively short amount of time. The major disadvantage of FEA is that when trying to determine the effect of several design parameters, the analysis has to be run repeatedly.