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Nfpa Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge, Ean H. Dickerhoof
Nfpa Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge, Ean H. Dickerhoof
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Every year the National Fluid Power Association hosts a Fluid Powered Vehicle Challenge, this exposes students from universities all around the United States to the power and possibilities of hydraulics. This year the University of Akron’s team of engineers set out to design a bicycle that would be competitive and innovative in all aspects of the competition. In order to accomplish this, the designed bicycle must excel in three categories of competition; a sprint race, an endurance race, and an efficiency challenge.
To accomplish this task the University of Akron’s team of engineers used a lightweight bicycle frame with many …