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Design And Optimization Of The Steering Braking And Drivetrain For The Asme Human Powered Vehicle, Marjorie Chee
Design And Optimization Of The Steering Braking And Drivetrain For The Asme Human Powered Vehicle, Marjorie Chee
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The Union College Human Powered Vehicle Team has designed, built and tested Chester’s Chariot for the 2014 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. The goal of this year’s team was produce an efficient, sustainable, and practical human powered vehicle with a high degree of safety. The team conducted gear ratio analysis, beam bending analysis, aerodynamic analysis using computational and analytical methods. In addition, physical testing was completed to demonstrate the safety and performance of Chester’s Chariot. Chester’s Chariot has the capability of obtaining higher speeds due to an optimized gear set. Last year’s vehicle did not have …