Designing: Roll Cage with CAD+FE, Testing New Materials

[OutCell]

I am designing a Roll Cage (Using CAD+FE) and trying out new materials for testing/analysis. Commonly used materials i found are:

* CDS Carbon Steel
* ERW Mild Steel
* DOM Mild Steel
* Cr (Chrome Molybdenum) Steel
* T-45
* 1020 Grade Mild Steel CDW


Anybody knows any other suitable material i could use? It would be highly appreciated :)

OutCell

 

[Mech_Engineer]

I am designing a Roll Cage (Using CAD+FE) and trying out new materials for testing/analysis. Commonly used materials i found are:

* CDS Carbon Steel
* ERW Mild Steel
* DOM Mild Steel
* Cr (Chrome Molybdenum) Steel
* T-45
* 1020 Grade Mild Steel CDW


Anybody knows any other suitable material i could use? It would be highly appreciated :)

OutCell

Cromoly and Dom are the most commonly use IIRC. You might try some aircraft-grate Titanium or Aluminum alloys to see if there's one that would work (and is available in tube form).

Look up MIL-HDBK-5J for a nice listing of aircraft-grade Aluminum and Titanium alloys.

 

[OutCell]

Cromoly and Dom are the most commonly use IIRC. You might try some aircraft-grate Titanium or Aluminum alloys to see if there's one that would work (and is available in tube form).

Look up MIL-HDBK-5J for a nice listing of aircraft-grade Aluminum and Titanium alloys.

Thanks mate. I will give that a search

 

[Danger]

Maybe carbon composites? I somehow don't think that they'd have the required stiffness, but it might be worth investigating.

 

[OutCell]

Maybe carbon composites? I somehow don't think that they'd have the required stiffness, but it might be worth investigating.

I will look into that too. thanks mate, appreciate it :)