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Roll cage design loads?
Thank you for the replies. The fabricator is a desert race guy and pointed me towards the SCORE rule book. They are very simplistic, with a main tube size specified by the vehicle weight. The max being 4k lbs. There are also general design guidelines, but these apply to a full cage, not just a...- Schmeal
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Roll cage design loads?
I'm designing a roll over protection system for my personal pickup truck and would like to know what loads I need to design to. I started with a CAD model for the connection points and packaging. I then modeled the design in Femap using line elements representative of the tubing cross-sections...- Schmeal
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