Truck Chassis Component Redesign To Reduce Weight

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Gadd, Francis O., author.

Conference Name:

Fleet Week (1973-06-18 : Chicago, Illinois, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1973

Summary:

This paper discusses the means by which several major heavy-duty truck components have been redesigned from conventional material, such as malleable iron, nodular iron, or fabricated steel, to cast, stamped, extruded, or forged aluminum in order to reduce overall vehicle weight. Design life for lightweight parts had to meet the same criteria as the standard parts they replaced. All components discussed in this paper are available in current production trucks

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Publisher Number:

730676

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