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Over the weekend I am going to put the weight of my engine on to my chassis for the first time. I don't want to create any local stress areas.How big should I make the mounting plates?Thanks Glan
What ever size you make the plates they still put a big bending load on the lower members what is required is an extra tube at each side to take
the loads to a vertex.
With a spaceframe the loads should always be at vertexes where 3+ tubes meet as the tubes themselves have no strength/stiffness in bending .
It isn't always possible but the loads should be fed in as close as possible to the corners of bays.
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Originally posted by britishtrident
What ever size you make the plates they still put a big bending load on the lower members what is required is an extra tube at each side to take the loads to a vertex...
And then weld the plate to support the mountings.
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