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Alexander Slocum.
Edinger, Sarah T. (Sarah Tracy)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2008-11-07T19:06:44Z
2008-11-07T19:06:44Z
2008
2008
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43134
246710223
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 70).
This thesis describes the design and prototype construction of a multi-motion automobile door. This design is intended to provide a unique option for the opening of an automobile by enabling the door to open in two separate directions. A novel design of the door hinge will be presented in this paper which will allow the vehicle door to open in both the standard fashion by being hinged at the front of the vehicle, as well as backwards by being hinged at the rear of the vehicle. The direction in which the door opens can be chosen by the user. A small section of this paper will look at one additional multi-motion door concept. This second design is a split door in which half of the door opens in the standard fashion, while the second half opens up like a gull-wing door.
by Sarah T. Edinger.
S.M.
70 p.
eng
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