There is a need for cheap transportation in third world countries. Bicycles are a common mode of transportation, however are not affordable for widespread use. Bamboo bicycles are a cheap alternative, however current manufacturing processes are labor and time intensive. Our goal was to design a cost efficient process for manufacturing bamboo bicycles that can be assembled in less than one hour. Axiomatic Design was used to decompose the problem into functional requirements and design parameters. Our primary focus was to develop a more efficient method for creating the bike joints. The result was a metal brace and gusset structure welded together to transfer the loads a bike is subject to.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Quinn, Jeffrey Michael
• DelleChiaie, Dean
• Giesecke, Joseph Tyler
• Lukowski, Edward Raymond
• Andres, Michael Patrick
• Brock, Charles Warren
• Richardson, David Michael
• Fano, Malcolm Stuart

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050114-145929

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-05-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright