Design & Development of a Zero Emission, Human Assisted, Hybrid-ECO-CYCLE
Keywords:
Human Power, Hybrid Vehicle, e-Rickshaw, Intracity Transportation, SHEQAbstract
Menace of Vehicular emissions notwithstanding, riding over the deteriorating health of city dwellers, there is an additional overcrowding of city roads, and consequent jams. Concurrently, the space earmarked for commuters driving human powered vehicles is underutilized. The team of students were motivated to design an economical multipurpose vehicle, which could serve to improve people’s health by providing an exercising machine, while they make available an ECO nomical and ECOfriendly transport vehicle. Thus a design and development of the hybrid, light, zero emission tricycle began.
The design was attempted with the above objectives and manufactured in limited resources, but with full cognizance to safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ). It was implemented in normally scheduled phases, of development of main vehicle and subsystems, manufacturing and final finishing of the vehicle which included various functions for safety and sustainability. The ergonomic principles were collated, in synonymity with Health issues.
A light, balanced hybrid vehicle was finally developed, with the maintenance of quality and safety in mind at the various stages and functions of development. This paper reports the design and development aspects employed therein. Advantage was taken for stress design and ensuring strength and suitability of design using ANSYS 14.0. The motivation was a final participation in a design and driving competition, which provided due pressure to exceed objectives at each stage of development.
How to cite this article: Saroop V, Kumar V, Thareja P. Design & Development of a Zero Emission, Human Assisted, Hybrid-ECO-CYCLE. J Adv Res Prod Ind Engg 2019; 6(1&2): 32-41.
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