Body rigidity
Definitions
the ability of a vehicle's body to resist deformation and maintain its shape
Gerry community context
Related mailing-list messages and current discussions from Gerry. These are community context for the dictionary term.
- Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
Historical mailing list · Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:41:17 -0700
...The roof skin, however, is an > engineered, diagonal bracing that contributes greatly to torsional > rigidity of the entire body, in addition to providing added...
- Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
Historical mailing list · Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:30:01 -0400
...Those roof support arches are more for rollover protection than torsional rigidity of the body. The roof skin, however, is an engineered, diagonal bracing...
- Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
Historical mailing list · Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:14:31 -0700
...rigidity of the body.�� The roof skin, > however, is an > > engineered, diagonal bracing that contributes greatly to torsional > > rigidity of the entire body, in...
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