Typical Design Principle of a Self-Supporting Body Structure
Description
Item
Use all standard locations with 2x M10 fixings
1
Floor panel
2
Body side frames
3
Floor cross members
4
Continuous floor U-profile frame
5
Longitudinal L-profile
6
Chassis frame rail of base vehicle
7
Vehicle center line of base vehicle
8
Also see:
5.5.2 Self-Supporting Body Structure
Bodies and structures can be judged as
self-supporting providing they maintain the
following rules:
•
Cross members are used at each chassis
mounting point, please refer to figures shown.
•
Each cross member has a suitably engineered
connection to the body side wall (3) or to the
continuous floor frame (5), see figure shown.
•
The body side wall or the continuous floor
frame supports any overhang beyond the
chassis frame, whether on standard frame or
extended frame.
Alternatively, the self-supporting body structure
can also be designed as shown in figure shown.
•
This concept is based on a self-supporting
structure where the floor is mounted directly
onto the top surface of the chassis frame.
•
See figure shown for a generic vehicle cross
section where the cross members and
opposing out riggers are flush with the surface
of the chassis frame side members.
•
It is important to the overall function of the
vehicle structure that the out riggers are each
connected to a continuous longitudinal floor
side frame or a structural body side structure
assembly.
Date of Publication: 02/2017
FORD
RANGER
2015