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design a test fixture to measure power output for small-scale prototypes of human-powered vehicle (e.g., bicycle) components

Company: RTKRNX

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: EE
Optional: CMPEN

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: YES

The purpose of the project is to design and build instrumentation which will measure the output of a small-scale, bench top bike component. Ultimately the goal is to validate the design and move on to full-scale human sized models. Currently manual analog devices are being used to measure output, but don’t provide enough resolution or precision for proper validation of results. The goal of this proposed instrumentation is to save the considerable cost of building full scale models before validation. The deliverables will be the instrumentation, the fixtures to hold the instrumentation, the directions of how to use the device with any associated software. Similar to an owner’s manual. Stretch goals would be to propose improvements in the bike component design and to produce full size prototype components, with emphasis on additive manufacturing of the prototype components.