Weight reduction designed into highway vehicles can pay off in various ways one of which is hauling of greater payloads within legal weight limits; areas of weight reduction are outlined; relationship of permissible gross weight, vehicle tare weight, and speed requirements influencing horsepower necessities; use of higher strength alloys, of steel plate parts, of aluminum and magnesium and of Fiberglas reinforced plastics is shown by various examples; evolution of truck design; tabulation of approximate comparative costs and weight savings of aluminum and steel cast and fabricated parts.


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    Title :

    Design weight reduction and attendant economics


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1964 Design



    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    20 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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