Bodies Exercises

    1. Please answer the following three questions

    1) Identify and locate the main parts of body.

    2) Identify the major underbody types.

    3) Identify the main parts of body exterior.

    2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese

    1) The first motor car bodies and chassis frames, made between 1896 and 1910，weresimilar in design to horse-drawn carriages and，like the carriages，were made almostentirely of wood.

    2) A technical specification definition is further complicated by the fact that the finaljudgments on the product will be issued by the customer and not by the designer, andcustomer judgments are sometimes difficult to express concretely, being influenced byimmeasurable parameters and alternative offers on the market that may be unknown at thebeginning of the development process.

    3) In the next phase of target deployment，as a first step, vehicle subsystemsaccording to function are identified and their specifications tentatively set; the specificationsadequacy to the targets will be verified, correcting any errors in the specification.

    4) As concerns impacts，the roof contribution to both side crash and roll over ismainly related to the roof cross-members and their connection nodes to the body sides.Roof bows，as already mentioned, must have strong edge fittings. Impact testing isperformed on the assembled body, in accordance with regulations.

    5) The front frame is the assembly between the firewall and front bumpers. For mostcars，this frame surrounds and supports the power train and its auxiliaries, and istherefore relatively complex and specialized. Moreover, fitted to the front frame are thefront suspension links, steering box, part of the air conditioning system and front lamps.

    6) The compartment floor is an assembly of cross-members and almost longitudinalmembers supporting stamped metal sheets extending from the dash panel to the car rearend. The floor frame or frame can be assembled with floor sheets before the final bodyassembly or remain split（in the case of body on frame) from the body，to which it isfastened in a later stage by screws or elastic bushes, remaining possible in any case tounscrew and divide the chassis from the body.