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The Race Car Chassis: Design, Structures, Materials for Road, Drag and Circle Track
  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.
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Idea of a Chassis
- Suspension Systems
- The Loads of a Vehicle Frame
- Four-Tube Chassis and Space Frames
- Stressed-Skin Construction
- An Overview of the Strength of Materials
- Tube Frame Materials and Details
- Stressed-Skin Materials and Details
- An Overview of the Modern Race Car Chassis
- Bibliography
This book covers open-wheel and closed-wheel chassis. A valuable resource for engineers, racers and students.
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PRODUCT DETAILS:- Publisher: HP Books - 2008
- Author: Forbes Aird
- Binding: Paperback - 8.5 x 11 inches
- Pages: 122 - Over 200 b&w photos and illustrations
- ISBN: 9781557885401
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