| 摘要 |
A body shell construction suited to use in transport vehicles comprises an orthographic structure having a substantially horizontal floor (61), two vertical walls and a substantially horizontal roof. The floor, walls and roof form a substantially rectangular box. At least the wall sections of the structure have a sandwich construction with an outer (65, 66) and an inner (62, 63) panel both formed from fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) and a core between the outer and inner panels bonded to each of the outer and inner panels to rigidly separate the inner and outer load bearing panels. The intermediate core may be an intermediate panel (110) having longitudinal corrugations formed therein, the corrugations alternating between contacting the outer load bearing panel (65, 66) and the inner load bearing panel (62, 63). The body shell may include a chassis interface (21, 22) on the underside of the floor section thereof, the chassis interface having a plurality of connection points of substantially greater hardness than the surrounding FRP. The connection points may be arranged in forward and rearward groups, to accommodate the connection of a forward and a rearward chassis. |
