Design and Fabrication of a Motorcycle Swingarm Utilizing Composite Materials Composite Materials Research Group, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Odom, Edwin M., author.

Conference Name:

West Coast International Meeting and Exposition (1982-08-16 : San Francisco, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1982

Summary:

A conventional steel motorcycle swingarm was redesigned, and fabricated utilizing fiber-reinforced composite materials, achieving a greater than 50 percent weight savings. This component is a primary structural member of a motorcycle, securing the rear wheel, and reacting all acceleration and road-induced loads. The swingarm is a stiffness-critical component. The use of composite materials in this primary structural member permits a much lighter and more efficient component to be fabricated, without loss of strength or stiffness

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Publisher Number:

820990

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