Effect of joint design on vehicle bodyshell stiffness

The work presented in this thesis is an investigation into vehicle bodyshell structural joints, with the aim of improving their stiffness. The bodyshell joint is defined to be an area or sub-structure containing the intersection of beam-type members, the behaviour of which may be defined by a matrix...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Hammoud, Abdullah
Published: Loughborough University 1985
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373295