Design, Modelling and Analysis of Tilted Human Powered Vehicle

Abstract

Human Powered Vehicle are powered only by muscular-strength. HPV's are moving in road, air, in and under the water. Recumbent bike is one of the type of HPV. Recumbent bike is bicycle with inclined backward seat position and the pedals and bottom bracket are front. In this paper human powered Vehicle (HPV) is designed with a new dimension and analysed. Chassis designed with aerodynamic calculation, its CAD model analysed in Ansys for strength. Fairing is analysed with CFD. So that we can develop new low weight aerodynamic fairing, and four bar tilting mechanism. New design also gives optimum gear ratio with recumbent sitting position. The tricycle has the goals of developing innovative processes and designs for a trike that can be tilted at high speeds for enhanced turning at corners and stable at very low speeds too. The objective is to improve reliability and stability by equipping the vehicle with an aerodynamic fairing such that it can outperform conventional Human Powered Vehicle in all common applications.