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• Roll Cage

• Impact Force/Strength

• Attachment requirements

• Stiffness

• Tube-Tube Attachment Type

• Manufacturing Type

• Price

Tube Profiles Considered

• Square

• Cylinder

• Rectangle (volumetrically inefficient)

• I-Beam (unidirectional applications)

Tube Types Considered

• Hollow

• Solid (too heavy)

Analysis of Tubes

After reducing the feasible tubes to 2 options (hollow round tube, and hollow square tube), some research and simulations were conducted to assess the properties of each option. The dimensions of each tube were kept the same to for comparison purposes: 10in long tubes, 1x1x1/16in square, and 1x1/16in round.

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