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    The document discusses a body-in-white frame concept that uses a combination of bent aluminum extrusion profiles, cast aluminum connectors, and aluminum sheets to provide rigidity. This frame design offers advantages like good stress distribution, light weight, and the ability to combine elements through welding. However, it also has disadvantages like not being feasible for mass production, having a high cost, and being a complex design.

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    The document discusses a body-in-white frame concept that uses a combination of bent aluminum extrusion profiles, cast aluminum connectors, and aluminum sheets to provide rigidity. This frame design offers advantages like good stress distribution, light weight, and the ability to combine elements through welding. However, it also has disadvantages like not being feasible for mass production, having a high cost, and being a complex design.

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    Space Frame

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    Kazi Mehdi
    The document discusses a body-in-white frame concept that uses a combination of bent aluminum extrusion profiles, cast aluminum connectors, and aluminum sheets to provide rigidity. This frame design offers advantages like good stress distribution, light weight, and the ability to combine elements through welding. However, it also has disadvantages like not being feasible for mass production, having a high cost, and being a complex design.

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    Summary

    Body-in-white-concepts
    Space

    frame

    is a derivation from Tube frame


    is a combination of bended aluminum extrusion profiles and connectors
    made out of casted aluminum parts
    technology uses aluminum sheets to lend further rigidity to the frame
    (compared to the back panel of an IKEA cupboard)
    it contents casting connecting elements
    F

    Advantages

    Stress related design

    Very good stress conditions

    Light weight

    Elements can be combined


    by welding

    Disadvantages

    Not feasible for mass


    production

    Very expensive

    Complex

    May 2016

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