This book provides readers with a solid understanding of the principles of automobile body structural design, illustrating the effect of changing design paramet

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The use of computer programs to analyze vehicle structures is described and the theoretical basis of the computational methods is outlined. The most important c

1 Introduction -- 2 Design and material utilization -- 3 Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures -- 4 The role of demonstration, conce