anybody know anything about roll cages ?

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anybody know anything about roll cages ?

January 19, 2006, 05:31:16 PM

for my final high school gr.12 auto project i have to build a rollcage with suspention out of break tubeing about 16in long and 6 in high . im marked of how much weight it will hold in the press ... i was wondering if any of you could give me some tips on how to make it strong...

thanks

Z

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #1 – January 19, 2006, 08:34:42 PM

Good clean well penetrated welds and a good well thought out design will make it strong.

rollcage with suspension?

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #2 – January 19, 2006, 10:35:04 PM

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87

Good clean well penetrated welds and a good well thought out design will make it strong.

rollcage with suspension?

yeah i have to design a suspention on it (ie. front A-arms...soild axle rear) must work with springs ...one spring for each wheel ....... should i have as many vertical bars as possible ...this has to be to cascar specs....im planing just mig welding the break tubeing

thanks

Z

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #3 – January 19, 2006, 10:37:41 PM

Triangulation is the name of the game!

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #4 – January 19, 2006, 10:48:22 PM

yes triangulation is a good idea it was one of my first thoughts ...

Z

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #5 – January 19, 2006, 11:11:48 PM

, so your building a whole tube chassis...wow, heck of a school project!

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #6 – January 20, 2006, 04:39:47 PM

Quote from: shame302

, so your building a whole tube chassis...wow, heck of a school project!

yeah its not full size its about 16in long and 6 in high at the highest point ... i also have to do drawings on auto cad with top, side ,front and rear veiws .... all next week since i dont have a welder or auto cad ....

anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #7 – January 20, 2006, 04:47:06 PM

..some good papers on cage design...

http://www.ces.clemson.edu/~lonny/thompson/conference.html

17. Design of a Twist Fixture to Measure the Torsional Stiffness of a Winston Cup Chassis, SAE Paper No. 983054
18. Design of a Winston Chassis for Torsional Stiffness, SAE Paper No. 983053
19. The Effects of Chassis Flexibility on Roll Stiffness of a Winston Cup Race Car, SAE Paper No. 983051
20. The Effects of Local Spring Perch Flexibility on Suspension Geometry of a Winston Cup Race Car, SAE Paper No. 983032

Please note on page 2 of the papers:

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anybody know anything about roll cages ?

Reply #8 – January 20, 2006, 04:47:37 PM

Where's Chuck? He'll have something to contribute, I'm sure.