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Design of a stable steering mechanism for trikes : prevent the trike from tilting and keep your feet from the floor

Loman, G. (2022) Design of a stable steering mechanism for trikes : prevent the trike from tilting and keep your feet from the floor.

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Abstract:On average, every person in the Netherlands own 1.3 bicycle. This means that cycling is an important element in the life of most Dutch people. However, with increasing age, people tend to get more problems with balancing, resulting in insecureness to go out with a bicycle. As a solution, people can use a trike, which gives more stability but often is less comfortable to ride with. Therefore, a trike with a regular tilting mechanism can be adjusted. This design assignment is about realising a dynamic stabilizing mechanism for such a trike. The mechanism will enable the trike to lean in the turns, like a normal bicycle, but will prevent falling at low speeds and even keep the trike in an upright position, such that users can stay on the trike at traffic lights. Based on the requirements and existing devices, concepts are formed on how the trike could be stabilized. The design of the final concept is described in detail and calculations are performed on the feasibility of required forces. Also, the electronics and regulations of the system are developed. This resulted in a trike of 17/33kg, depending on the materials to be used, with a dynamic stabilizing mechanism which automatically detects when to be activated and which keeps the trike upright (maximum deviation 2°) when at low speed or at stand-still.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Clients:
Beixo
Faculty:ET: Engineering Technology
Subject:52 mechanical engineering, 76 recreation, leisure
Programme:Biomedical Engineering MSc (66226)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92182
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