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    Monocoque (/ˈmɒnəkɒk, -koʊk/ MON-ə-ko(h)k), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin...
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    The term semi-monocoque or semimonocoque refers to a stressed shell structure that is similar to a true monocoque, but which derives at least some of...
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  • This is a list of production cars with carbon-fiber monocoque cell design. Carbon-fiber monocoque design has been commonly used in racing cars since the...
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    The Deperdussin Monocoque was an early racing aircraft built in 1912 by the Aéroplanes Deperdussin, a French aircraft manufacturer started in 1911 and...
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    Boeing 787 Dreamliner (using pressure-molding on female molds). Monocoque and semi-monocoque design: 3–9  This is the preferred method of constructing an...
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    almost exclusively welded in more angular forms, and often forming a monocoque frame. Examples Honda VFR750 Yamaha YZF-R1 In 1983, Armstrong motorcycles...
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    the Geneva Motor Show on 7 March 2017 and is built on a modified carbon monocoque, which is lighter and stiffer than the previous model, the 650S. The 720S...
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    high chassis loads over a wide area of relatively thin sheet metal of a monocoque body shell and to isolate vibrations and harshness from the rest of the...
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    Ivanovich Zhuravskii, who derived it in 1855. Shear stresses within a semi-monocoque structure may be calculated by idealizing the cross-section of the structure...
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  • shear flow in a particular web section of the cross-section of a semi-monocoque structure is: q = V y S x I x {\displaystyle q={\frac {V_{y}S_{x}}{I_{x}}}}...
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    technology of the time: first of all an aluminium monocoque (although the prototype car had a steel monocoque in order to save development time), while all...
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    the utilisation of body-on-frame construction, in favour of more modern monocoque chassis construction. Although the Mercedes-Benz M-Class was introduced...
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    of the Ossa motorcycle company developed a revolutionary bike with a monocoque chassis. Recognizing Herrero's riding talent as well as his mechanical...
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    announced in 2019 for the 2020 model year. Chassis is a very similar monocoque with stressed-member engine; the engine bore and stroke remained the same;...
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    perimeter frame, the ZX-12R uses a unique monocoque aluminum frame. Described by Cycle World in 2000 as a "monocoque backbone...a single large diameter beam"...
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    Backbone chassis C-channel Coachwork Exoskeleton car Monocoque Skateboard (automotive platform) Semi-monocoque Space frame Subframe Superleggera page 106, George...
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    motorsport safety requirements, with crash structures and a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis with integral rollover protection. Its unique performance differentiator...
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    Austin and Morris merger. The car was quite spacious due to its semi-monocoque design which was quite an advancement in the early 1950s in vehicle engineering...
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    generation of the original, main Range Rover series. It uses an all-aluminium monocoque unitary body structure, instead of the third generation's steel unibody...
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    taller. The GE Genesis series stands out for its unique, lightweight monocoque carbody design, styled by industrial designer Cesar Vergara. This innovative...
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    combining these techniques. Although this is sometimes also referred to as a monocoque structure, because the car's outer skin and panels are made load-bearing...
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    manufacturing town of Borgo Panigale. All motorcycles of this series use monocoque frame (the engine is a stressed member, replacing Ducati's conventional...
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    incorporating power steering and a swing seat, in a carbon fiber honeycomb monocoque body, shown at the 1986 Tokyo Motor Show. Nuda concepts influenced the...
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  • 1920 – 5 February 1995) was a British automotive engineer who advanced monocoque chassis design and was instrumental in adapting aircraft aerodynamic knowledge...
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    new design had a much smaller cockpit monocoque made from carbon fibre and aluminium honeycomb. The monocoque derived the design of its lower half from...
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    construction of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame, and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built using space frame principles. The car is built by Audi...
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    covering takes a portion of the structural load, intermediate between monocoque, in which the skin assumes all or most of the load, and a rigid frame...
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    or strut tower brace (STB) is an automotive suspension accessory on a monocoque or unibody chassis to provide extra stiffness between the strut towers...
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    All the Messerschmitt and FMR production cars used the Kabinenroller's monocoque structure, featuring tandem seating and usually a bubble canopy. The Kabinenroller...
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    separate concern in 2012. In 2012, Force Motors launched Traveller 26, a monocoque panel van that can seat 26 persons, designed entirely in-house. It had...
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