Design of Human Powered Vehicles:

This book is about the design of vehicles with wheels that are powered by human muscles alone. These can provide affordable, sustainable, and healthy transportation to people around the globe. The term Human-Powered Vehicle, or HPV, is sometimes used to denote a sub-class of vehicles including only...

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1. Verfasser: Archibald, C. Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, N.Y. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:This book is about the design of vehicles with wheels that are powered by human muscles alone. These can provide affordable, sustainable, and healthy transportation to people around the globe. The term Human-Powered Vehicle, or HPV, is sometimes used to denote a sub-class of vehicles including only high-performance bicycles or tricycles equipped with aerodynamic fairings. More generally, the term refers to any semi-recumbent bicycle. But the term should properly refer to any means of carriage, conveyance, or transport that is powered solely by human muscles. This book is limited to design of human-powered vehicles for land use. There are many reasons why the design and use of such vehicles is beneficial. In developed countries, using an HPV in lieu of an automobile (or in lieu of a second automobile for a family) can save
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
1 Rationale for Human-Powered Vehicle Design and Use -- 2 Overview of Human-Powered Vehicles -- 3 General Structured Design of HPV's -- 4 Physiology of Human Power Generation -- 5 The Human-Machine Interface -- 6 Manufacturing Processes and Materials -- 7 Road Loads -- 8 Speed and Power Models -- 9 Aerodynamic Drag -- 10 Bicycle Handling Performance -- 11 Multi-Track Vehicle Handling Performance -- 12 Drive Train Design -- 13 Land Vehicle Frames and Structures -- 14 Bicycle Components. - System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. - Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Beschreibung:1 online resource (300 Seiten) illustrations

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