The Race Car Chassis - Design, Structures and Materials

By: Forbes Aird .

Description

Most racing engineers will agree that the key to a winning race car begins with the chassis. In this comprehensive revised and updated book, award-winning writer Forbes Aird deconstructs the race car chassis, examining the fundamentals of the design of stiff, lightweight mobile structures, and the materials used to build them.

Included are discussions on:

• chassis types and history
• chassis materials and structures
• structural loads
• an overview of suspension design
• an introduction to the strength of materials
• multi-tube and space frame chassis design and materials
• joining ferrous metals
• stressed-skin construction and materials
• joining light alloys

This publication covers design, structures and materials for drag and circle track. Open and closed-wheel chassis.

The Race Car Chassis is a valuable resource for engineers, racers and students.

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