MAK 4066 - Vehicle Body Design

Course Objectives

Providing the functions of vehicle bodies, the applications of CAE and principles of vehicle body design

Course Description

General aspects of frame and body design, sources of structure loading, cornering loads, aerodynamic effects, structure requirements, stresses in skin plates, structure joints and attachments, calculation of torsion and bending, torsional problem of the truck frames, torsional stiffness and torsional angle, crooking.