This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.
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For instance, the Audi A8 not only has a 372 horsepower engine that provides exhilarating driving characteristics, but it also has an aluminum space frame that lowers vehicle weight considerably versus a steel chassis.
With the weightlifting trials approaching, her main goal this week has been to shed nearly eight pounds from her 136-pound, 5-foot-3 frame to make her weight class. (At the trials, she will compete in the 58-kilogram class, which is about 127.6 pounds.) As a skeleton racer, she can afford to be a bit heavier.