Vehicle Body Structural Design
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
I am in the design-and-development phase of a new vehicle and need an automotive engineer who specialises in body-in-white structural integrity. The brief is to turn my concept surfaces into a manufacturable body structure that meets modern crash, durability and NVH targets without compromising weight goals.
Scope
• Build a full 3-D CAD model (CATIA, SolidWorks or Siemens NX preferred) of the body structure, including mounts and joining strategy.
• Run FEA/CAE simulations in ANSYS or Abaqus to verify torsional and bending stiffness as well as front, side and roof crush performance.
• Optimise material mix (high-strength steels, aluminium, or multi-material where sensible) and propose feasible weld, rivet or adhesive joints.
• Supply detailed drawings and a concise engineering report explaining assumptions, load cases, safety factors and next-step recommendations.
Acceptance criteria
• Body-in-white torsional stiffness ≥ 28 kN·m/deg and bending mode ≥ 45 Hz (documented with plots).
• Energy absorption and intrusion results that align with FMVSS 208 & 214 baselines.
• Native CAD files, STEP exchange files and a PDF drawing pack delivered at project close.
Timelines and collaboration tools are flexible; I can provide surface data, hard-points and load targets on day one. If you have recent experience delivering structural body designs and simulations for passenger vehicles, I’d like to discuss how you would approach this task and what milestones you would propose.
Scope
• Build a full 3-D CAD model (CATIA, SolidWorks or Siemens NX preferred) of the body structure, including mounts and joining strategy.
• Run FEA/CAE simulations in ANSYS or Abaqus to verify torsional and bending stiffness as well as front, side and roof crush performance.
• Optimise material mix (high-strength steels, aluminium, or multi-material where sensible) and propose feasible weld, rivet or adhesive joints.
• Supply detailed drawings and a concise engineering report explaining assumptions, load cases, safety factors and next-step recommendations.
Acceptance criteria
• Body-in-white torsional stiffness ≥ 28 kN·m/deg and bending mode ≥ 45 Hz (documented with plots).
• Energy absorption and intrusion results that align with FMVSS 208 & 214 baselines.
• Native CAD files, STEP exchange files and a PDF drawing pack delivered at project close.
Timelines and collaboration tools are flexible; I can provide surface data, hard-points and load targets on day one. If you have recent experience delivering structural body designs and simulations for passenger vehicles, I’d like to discuss how you would approach this task and what milestones you would propose.