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Paper, balsa, and glue structural design
Race-car nutz probably will recognize Herb Adams' name, as the
designer of Trans-Am chassis structures for Pontiac back in the early days. He's still at it, and still designing high-performance chassis -- with paper, balsa, and model airplane cement. A current article in _Automotive Engineering_ http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sae/.../index.php#/20 ....describes his design approach, which he started before CAD and FEA turned it into a virtual exercise. If the idea interests you, and I have used it for designing various things, because I never had any better FEA than CADDRE Lite, you should read his book, _Chassis Engineering_. I've had it since the id-'80s and it's still a classic that provokes a lot of ideas beyond racing and sports car design. -- Ed Huntress |
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