Description
Developing sustainable transportation is one of the greatest challenges of this century. While developed nations suffer from pollution and over-crowded urban transit, developing nations struggle to provide their citizens with cost-effective and non-infrastructure intensive transportation methods. The ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition provides teams from all over the world an opportunity to design, fabricate and test vehicles that help develop solutions to these issues. The University of San Diego Human Powered Vehicle Team strives to design, innovate, and fabricate a human powered vehicle to the specifications outlined in the ASME-HPVC Rules 2019 in order to balance performance, efficiency, and cost. The vehicle will have the ability to traverse the varied terrain in the endurance competition as well as support speed with high acceleration. The design is based around a Tadpole-style recumbent tricycle with two steered wheels in the front and a single wheel in the rear which will drive the vehicle. Each of the three wheels will have a disc brake system which will allow the vehicle to stop quickly and maneuver precisely through sharp turns and negative slopes. The drivetrain will be manually shifted for different speeds and will accommodate multiple rider sizes by including an adjustable bottom bracket. The safety of the vehicle will be increased with the addition of a rollover protection system with a roll bar and safety harness. The University of San Diego Human Powered Vehicle Team will provide a capable and reliable vehicle with the ability to compete at a high level.
ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition Team
Developing sustainable transportation is one of the greatest challenges of this century. While developed nations suffer from pollution and over-crowded urban transit, developing nations struggle to provide their citizens with cost-effective and non-infrastructure intensive transportation methods. The ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition provides teams from all over the world an opportunity to design, fabricate and test vehicles that help develop solutions to these issues. The University of San Diego Human Powered Vehicle Team strives to design, innovate, and fabricate a human powered vehicle to the specifications outlined in the ASME-HPVC Rules 2019 in order to balance performance, efficiency, and cost. The vehicle will have the ability to traverse the varied terrain in the endurance competition as well as support speed with high acceleration. The design is based around a Tadpole-style recumbent tricycle with two steered wheels in the front and a single wheel in the rear which will drive the vehicle. Each of the three wheels will have a disc brake system which will allow the vehicle to stop quickly and maneuver precisely through sharp turns and negative slopes. The drivetrain will be manually shifted for different speeds and will accommodate multiple rider sizes by including an adjustable bottom bracket. The safety of the vehicle will be increased with the addition of a rollover protection system with a roll bar and safety harness. The University of San Diego Human Powered Vehicle Team will provide a capable and reliable vehicle with the ability to compete at a high level.