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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Chassis/Frames

Authors : Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Published in: Chassis and Axles

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

The chassis is the basic structure of the vehicle. In a narrower sense, the chassis is only the support structure of the vehicle. In vehicle technology, though, what is often meant by the chassis is actually the frame (i.e. the support structure) complete with the suspension, steering and attachments that are directly fastened to the frame.

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Footnotes
1
The word chassis is a French word meaning framework, structural member or rack.
 
2
The so-called backbone tube chassis, which is used by a specialized manufacturer of heavy trucks and is supposed to provide particularly good off-road mobility, is a more exotic solution.
 
3
CAD is short for Computer Aided Design. The geometry of the components is defined and visualized on a computer.
 
Metadata
Title
Chassis/Frames
Authors
Michael Hilgers
Wilfried Achenbach
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Chassis and Axles

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-60834-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-60835-7

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60835-7_1

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