Investigating structural durability in a motorcycle sidecar

In automotive engineering, it is essential forcomponents and sub-assemblies to be designedto be structurally durable.

In automotive engineering, it is essential forcomponents and sub-assemblies to be designedto be structurally durable. Proof of thisstructural durability can be provided eitherexperimentally, on relevant test equipment orby experiment and calculation, by measuringthe operating stresses and then making anestimate based on a damage accumulationcalculation. The investigation described herepursued the second option.