Challenge

Roof Design

DDeepak Pujari28 Sept 2022

The conventional task of the roof is to provide protection against hard local contact . In case of roll over , compartment integrity is provided by the compartment frames.

Material Used-:There are wide range of materials are available for making Roofs Vehicle . That are-Steel , Aluminium , Thermosetting Plastic sheet . In case of steel the usual thickness is in the range of 0.65-0.85mm.In all cases any roof panel material requires braces to prevent panel flexing and vertical waviness , commonly known as oil canning . This is the main purpose of introducing the light weight bow roofs which are welded to the body side and bounded to roof panel by smooth flexible adhesive such as MASTIC . Another task of bow roofs is to support the interior roof liner which requires a number of fittings both in central and boundary areas to avoid deflections.

Design Of Roof Includes

FRONT ROOF RAIL

BOW ROOF 1

CENTER ROOF RAIL

BOW ROOF 2

REAR RAIL