Design process that was followed in this project:
• Introduction
• Objective
• Project Brief
• Human powered vehicle : product category
• Competitor products
- Diachronic products
- Synchronic products
• Initiatives taken in other countries
- Oxtrike
- The Parry gearbox
- BUET Rickshaw : Bangladesh
- Arpitrike : Sri Lanka
- Inter-Pares Rickshaw : Bangladesh
- Load Carrier Cycle Rickshaw with a larger diameter sprocket bolted on a freewheel : China
- Double sprocket drive with loose chain and idler : China
• Cycle Rickshaw models in other Asian countries
- Becak : Indonesia
- Phillipine tricycle
- Load carrier with front load platform : Indonesia, Malaysia & Mexico
- Load carrier with rear load platform : Bangladesh, Thailand
- Load carrier with sidecar : China, Indonesia
- Family tricycle
• Perceptions of technical experts/ innovators regarding improvements in the Cycle Rickshaw
• Perceptions of technical experts regarding motorized rickshaw
• Analysis of the existing Cycle rickshaw
• Cycle rickshaw : IDC IIT Bombay
- Design solutions of the IDC model
• Why a Family cycle?
• For whom is the vehicle?
• Understanding Family-Understandign togetherness
• What is joy?
• Initial directions for design
- Seating layout
- Ergonomics of bicycle riding
- Idea cluster : Cover over seats
- Idea cluster : Safe seating for children
- Idea cluster : Adjustable seat
• Ideations for cycle frame geometry
• Materials and manufacturing
• Concept generation and evaluation
- Grading of the concepts
- Concept A
- Concept B
- Concept C
- Failures and acceptance : Critical Analysis
• Generating the Final Design
• Product Nomenclature
• Bibliography
Case Study Downloads:
• Family Cycle - Pdf
