This document summarizes a student project to design and build a solar-powered treadmill bicycle. The bicycle would allow users to exercise on a treadmill while propelling the bicycle forward. Key points:
1. The treadmill would be placed between the bicycle wheels and powered by the user's footsteps on the treadmill belt.
2. Sensors would detect treadmill motion and activate a motor powered by solar panels to drive the rear wheel.
3. The project aims to provide an alternative to stationary treadmills and fueled vehicles for exercise and short-distance transportation.
This document summarizes a student project to design and build a solar-powered treadmill bicycle. The bicycle would allow users to exercise on a treadmill while propelling the bicycle forward. Key points:
1. The treadmill would be placed between the bicycle wheels and powered by the user's footsteps on the treadmill belt.
2. Sensors would detect treadmill motion and activate a motor powered by solar panels to drive the rear wheel.
3. The project aims to provide an alternative to stationary treadmills and fueled vehicles for exercise and short-distance transportation.
This document summarizes a student project to design and build a solar-powered treadmill bicycle. The bicycle would allow users to exercise on a treadmill while propelling the bicycle forward. Key points:
1. The treadmill would be placed between the bicycle wheels and powered by the user's footsteps on the treadmill belt.
2. Sensors would detect treadmill motion and activate a motor powered by solar panels to drive the rear wheel.
3. The project aims to provide an alternative to stationary treadmills and fueled vehicles for exercise and short-distance transportation.
This document summarizes a student project to design and build a solar-powered treadmill bicycle. The bicycle would allow users to exercise on a treadmill while propelling the bicycle forward. Key points:
1. The treadmill would be placed between the bicycle wheels and powered by the user's footsteps on the treadmill belt.
2. Sensors would detect treadmill motion and activate a motor powered by solar panels to drive the rear wheel.
3. The project aims to provide an alternative to stationary treadmills and fueled vehicles for exercise and short-distance transportation.
1 Introduction 2 Working 3 Literature review 4 Methodology 5 Objectives 6 Expected outcomes INTRODUCTION
“TREAD CYCLE “ – combination of treadmill and bicycle
Exercise is a bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. In order to say fit and healthy people often perform various exercise, one of the most important type of exercise is a jogging or running on a treadmill Treadmill in gym is stationary. Using treadmill on same place without any exposure to natural atmosphere is getting bored. Also for travelling for small distance use of fueled vehicle will cause unnecessary fuel consumption and pollution.
The main objective of this project is to bring an alternative for such problem
This can be done by modifying a bicycle with placing a treadmill between two wheels.
Human effort is the basic fundamental source through which the cycle runs and alternative power is provided to wheel through motor. WORKING
User will jog or run on treadmill, accordingly due to this effort the treadmill belt will actuate which will rotate the rollers. Sensors are connected to rollers, sensors senses the motion of the rollers and sends the signal to the programmed board. The board then actuates the motor, which is connected to the wheel. Solar PV panels are connected to the motor, the power generated by the solar panels is used to drive the motor. Motor will act as a drive to the bicycle, as the motor runs the bicycle will start to move. Thus, the effort of human is converted into motion of bicycle. METHODOLOGY
Experiment Details
Design
Materials selected
Operations done
Fabrication process DESIGN Materials selected
Rectangle Pipe – galvanized steel
Shaft – Mild steel Treadmill belt –rubber Chain – alloy steel Spur gear- MS Sprocket Bearing 6202,6203 Rollers –MS Cyclo meter Wheel OD pipes OPERATION DONE
Turning
Cutting
Drilling
Welding
Boring OBJECTIVES
Through solar powered electrical assistance it takes a very minimal effort to walk than ”a walk in park”.
By this the rise in pollution can be greatly minimized and also make people exercise while they travel to various destinations.
It totally works on the non conventional energy source.
Allover the main objective of this project of this projects is to build a vehicle that is faster than walking and easier to ride than a bicycle. EXPERIMENTAL DETAIL
Here our concept is to make the product which is completely
depends on muscle power or purely mechanical.
The treadmill belt moves when someone walks, it rotates the
roller.
The rear wheel is connected to roller via chain and sprocket thus the wheel rotates.
By using suitable gears the speed is increased.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Solar powered treadmill bicycle is modification of existing walking bicycle.
In this we have made a shear modification of treadmill and cycle running through solar assist energy, which is non-conventional and renewable energy. It has also played a predominant role in global warming and also took up some part in fuel less transportation method. It is completely eco-friendly and emission free with no running cost and less maintenance. This cycle can be an adaptable mode of transportation for rural and urban areas. Literature review
There has been great deal of research on this treadmill bicycle fabrication. At the late first century AD roman empire introduced the first treadmill, as they need to lift heavy weight they incorporate this new invention Nicholas potter also worked on this field and invented a treadmill which is powered by animal and reduced human effort with more output.
He invented “dog power treadmill” to tackle domestic work and produced rotary and reciprocating motion for use with light machinery CONCLUSION
Concept is designed and fabricated.
Testing and analysis of project was successful with expected result. It is founded that riding in hilly areas is difficult & it can be rectified by implementing electrical motor or gear system. Using this we could able to burn more calorie than convectional bicycles.
