Design Judges will consider both the formal written report and the oral presentation when reviewing vehicle designs. There will be an emphasis on originality and the soundness of the design. The focus will be on the new work that has been completed in the last year. Sprint Approximately four hours of competition will be run on a single track such that everyone will be capable of obtaining a sprint time. The timed portion of the course is a 100 meter straight-a-way. There will be a preceding distance of 300 to 400 meters for vehicles to gain speed before entering the timed portion, as well as a minimum of 200 meters at the end for the vehicles to slow down. Endurance Single Rider and Multi-rider vehicles will compete in grand prix style road races of approximately 65 kilometers (40 miles). Vehicles must start the event with female rider(s) who must complete at least 5 kilometers. No individual can compete in the vehicle for more than 20 kilometers, and all laps by any individual must be consecutive. When the lead vehicle crosses the finish line, each team will be allowed to finish the lap it is on to end the competition. This need comes from the fact that we are in a competition and can not compete without completing the analysis and creation of our Human Powered Vehicle. The significance of the problem comes in the fact that it will be the first time USD competes in the competition and we will be understaffed with fewer resources; but we still want to be very competitive. 1.2. Customer Need Statement The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is putting on a national competition for colleges to compete against each other using their creativity and course work to build human powered vehicles. As a customer, ASME’s need is simple; they need competitors to enter their competition with HPV’s that not only meet the stipulations that they specify in the ASME HPV rulebook, but they also need their competitors to bring creativity and innovation to push the limits of competition and stimulate the minds of college students across the country. As a customer, we need to adhere to the guidelines provided by ASME and create an HPV that is capable of competing alongside many of the top ranked engineering programs in the country 1.3. Literature Review 1.3.1. Prior Work The unicycle was one of the first human powered vehicles, introduced into society more than 200 years ago. As changes were made to its design the bicycle was born, and became the
Design Judges will consider both the formal written report and the oral presentation when reviewing vehicle designs. There will be an emphasis on originality and the soundness of the design. The focus will be on the new work that has been completed in the last year. Sprint Approximately four hours of competition will be run on a single track such that everyone will be capable of obtaining a sprint time. The timed portion of the course is a 100 meter straight-a-way. There will be a preceding distance of 300 to 400 meters for vehicles to gain speed before entering the timed portion, as well as a minimum of 200 meters at the end for the vehicles to slow down. Endurance Single Rider and Multi-rider vehicles will compete in grand prix style road races of approximately 65 kilometers (40 miles). Vehicles must start the event with female rider(s) who must complete at least 5 kilometers. No individual can compete in the vehicle for more than 20 kilometers, and all laps by any individual must be consecutive. When the lead vehicle crosses the finish line, each team will be allowed to finish the lap it is on to end the competition. This need comes from the fact that we are in a competition and can not compete without completing the analysis and creation of our Human Powered Vehicle. The significance of the problem comes in the fact that it will be the first time USD competes in the competition and we will be understaffed with fewer resources; but we still want to be very competitive. 1.2. Customer Need Statement The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is putting on a national competition for colleges to compete against each other using their creativity and course work to build human powered vehicles. As a customer, ASME’s need is simple; they need competitors to enter their competition with HPV’s that not only meet the stipulations that they specify in the ASME HPV rulebook, but they also need their competitors to bring creativity and innovation to push the limits of competition and stimulate the minds of college students across the country. As a customer, we need to adhere to the guidelines provided by ASME and create an HPV that is capable of competing alongside many of the top ranked engineering programs in the country 1.3. Literature Review 1.3.1. Prior Work The unicycle was one of the first human powered vehicles, introduced into society more than 200 years ago. As changes were made to its design the bicycle was born, and became the