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Strut tower braces need to
effectively transfer stress from one strut tower to another. Strange
Development considered all designs and engineered a new brace which is more
effective at transferring stresses. The engineers ran several finite
element models, three of which are shown to the left. The bright areas
show where the part has the highest stress or basically where it would bend
or fail.
The top picture shows the
Strange Development strut tower brace. Notice that the highest
stresses are realized at the mounting points showing that the brace is
effectively transferring load from one side to the other.
The center picture is another
single tube design. This design shows that loads are not effectively
transferred from one side to another. The brace bends instead of
transferring the stresses illustrated by the orange and red areas.
The last picture shows a double
tube design. This design is better than the center design but isn't as
effective at transferring loads due to the two bends in each tube.
This design doesn't transfer loads effectively and is three times heavier,
thus the engineers at Strange Development decided to design an all new
brace. |
