Hydraulic System for Human Powered Vehicle

Our team will construct a human-powered hydraulic bicycle to compete in the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) sponsored competition. The NFPA sponsors college teams to design, construct, and compete in different events. The goal of this team is to design and fabricate the frame of a bike for one person to sit in as well as support all the components attached to the vehicle. The end goal is to utilize the hydraulic system to power and move the vehicle.

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Problem Statement

The problem our team is working on is to design, build, and test a frame that will be able to support different systems and the pilot itself. We aim to improve the hydraulic system mounted on the vehicle by refining various components with the system.

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</div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="view view-capstone-projects-archive view-id-capstone_projects_archive view-display-id-block_12 view-dom-id-61653f523a7e74df8a8489bb7fb35516"> <div class="view-header"> <p class="tcenter text-boiler-black padding-top-medium"> <strong>Project Demonstration Video</strong> </p> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-project-demo-video-embed-c"> <div class="field-content"><div> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yenkmCEHcA8?si=_b_lqN8X3D3lcbT7" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" r</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view view-capstone-projects-archive view-id-capstone_projects_archive view-display-id-block_8 view-dom-id-6d059234871456fe66a5471b66600d3f"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-ms-teams-meeting-link"> <div class="field-content tcenter"><a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3avZEIX-rcsqSnjUqXyu1s6LDqS_yYiAEXnfTAAU16egs1%40thread.tacv2/1713749072592?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224130bd39-7c53-419c-b1e5-8758d6d63f21%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2282a8abf1-0774-407c-8efd-6d6c59d8a9ec%22%7d"><span class="black-button">Click here during the Tech Expo event to chat live with this student group.</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view view-capstone-projects-archive view-id-capstone_projects_archive view-display-id-block_11 view-dom-id-b3c5a9c4c469cac30463f050220311c8"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-project-sponsor-1-1"> <strong class="views-label views-label-field-project-sponsor-1-1 tcenter">This project is sponsored by: </strong> <div class="field-content"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nfpa.com/home.htm"><img src="/sites/default/files/images/nfpa.jpg"></img></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div><div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="block-content content"> <article id="article-25532" class="article article-capstone-project-archive clearfix" about="/capstone-project/hydraulic-system-for-human-powered-vehicle" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article"> <span property="dc:title" content="Hydraulic System for Human Powered Vehicle" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="article-content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> Our team will construct a human-powered hydraulic bicycle to compete in the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) sponsored competition. The NFPA sponsors college teams to design, construct, and compete in different events. The goal of this team is to design and fabricate the frame of a bike for one person to sit in as well as support all the components attached to the vehicle. The end goal is to utilize the hydraulic system to power and move the vehicle.  </p> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-field-semester field-type-list-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Semester of Project: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> Spring 2024</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-team-photo field-type-image field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Team Photo: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Team%2027%20Team%20Photo.jpg" width="1000" height="750" alt="" /></div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-team-poster field-type-file field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Team Poster: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/sites/default/files/Poster_Purdue%20Fluid%20Power%20Club%20%281%29.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=344340">Poster_Purdue Fluid Power Club (1).pdf</a></span></div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-problem-statement field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Problem Statement/Summary: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The problem our team is working on is to design, build, and test a frame that will be able to support different systems and the pilot itself. We aim to improve the hydraulic system mounted on the vehicle by refining various components with the system.</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-ms-teams-meeting-link field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">MS Teams Meeting Link: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3avZEIX-rcsqSnjUqXyu1s6LDqS_yYiAEXnfTAAU16egs1%40thread.tacv2/1713749072592?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224130bd39-7c53-419c-b1e5-8758d6d63f21%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2282a8abf1-0774-407c-8efd-6d6c59d8a9ec%22%7d</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-department field-type-list-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Project Department: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> SOET</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-video-2 field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Project Presentation Video Embed Code: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SpaG_MkZAa8?si=q_Ugwt1-hIplmCHI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" r</p> </div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-project-sponsor-website field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Project Sponsor Website: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">https://www.nfpa.com/home.htm</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-project-sponsor-1 field-type-list-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Project Sponsor: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">nfpa</div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-project-demo-video-embed-c field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Project Demo Video Embed Code: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yenkmCEHcA8?si=_b_lqN8X3D3lcbT7" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" r</p> </div></div></section><section class="field field-name-field-team-contact field-type-text field-label-above"><h2 class="field-label">Team Contact: </h2><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">mail2jarrod@gmail.com</div></div></section> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container clearfix header-3col"> </div> <div class="container clearfix"> </div> </section> </div></div>  </div></div> </div></div> <div id="sub-highlighted-content-wrapper"><div class="clearfix"> <div class="region region-sub-highlighted"> <div id="block-block-332" class="block block-block"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="block-content content"> <style> .block-inner { margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; } </style><div class="bkg-polytechnic-light-gray" style="padding:30px 0 30px 0"> <div class="container"> <p class="text-white tcenter"> <a href="https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/techexpo/projects"><span class="black-button"><icon class="fa fa-arrow-circle-o-left"></icon> Back to all Tech Expo Projects</span></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="footer-bottom-wrapper"> <div id="footer-wrapper"> <div class="container clearfix" style="text-align:center;"> <footer class="clearfix"> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-block-81" class="block block-block footer"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="block-content content"> <style type="text/css">.social-icons icon {padding:0 4%;} #footer-wrapper {padding-top: 0px !important; 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