WHY WE NEED HPMC?

ALTHOUGH MOTORIZATION HAS INCREASED SPEED AND LOAD CAPACITY, MANY

FORMS OF HUMAN-POWERED TRANSPORT REMAIN POPULAR FOR REASONS
OF COST, CONVENIENCE, LEISURE, PHYSICAL EXERCISE, AND
ENVIRONMENTALISM. HUMAN-POWERED TRANSPORT IS SOMETIMES THE ONLY
TYPE AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY IN UNDERDEVELOPED OR INACCESSIBLE REGIONS.
 HISTORY OF
HPMC:

• THE FIRST TWO-WHEELED RIDER-PROPELLED MACHINE FOR WHICH THERE IS

INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE WAS THE DRAISIENNE, INVENTED BY BARON KARL
VON DRAIS DE SAUERBRUN OF GERMANY.
 EARLY
HPMC:

• HUMAN-POWERED LAND VEHICLES ARE LAND VEHICLES PROPELLED OVER GROUND

BY HUMAN POWER. THE MAIN WAYS TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF A HUMAN-POWERED
LAND VEHICLE AND ITS CONTENTS ABOVE THE GROUND ARE ROLLING CONTACT;
SLIDING CONTACT; INTERMITTENT CONTACT; NO CONTACT AT ALL AS WITH ANYTHING
CARRIED; OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE.
 MOST EFFICIENT HPMC (BICYCLE)

• I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE BICYCLE. THEY CAN BE HAD VERY CHEAPLY (ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE TO
SPEND GREAT AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN PURSUIT OF DIMINISHING RETURNS) . THEY HAVE MULTIPLE GEARS
ALLOWING A VAST RANGE OF MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE FOR DIFFERENT GRADES AND LOADS. THEY ARE
LIGHTWEIGHT (A FRACTION OF THE MASS OF THE HUMAN THEY CARRY) AND HAVE LOW ROLLING FRICTION
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DOWNHILL SLOPES AND GAINED MOMENTUM. THEY CAN REACH HIGH SPEEDS
RELATIVE TO WALKING AND RUNNING. THEY TAKE MINIMAL SPACE
• NO OTHER HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE IN COMMON USE CAN DO BETTER.
• THERE ARE WALKING, ROLLER SKATING, SWIMMING, SKATEBOARDING. CROSS COUNTRY SKIS.
• BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW SLIDING FRICTION, CROSS COUNTRY SKIS, SKATES, SKATEBOARDING MAY COME IN
TIED FOR SECOND. BUT I DON’T THINK THEY GET THE MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE FOR SPEED AND PAYLOAD
ON FLAT, LEVEL GROUND.
 MOST FATTEST
HPMC
(AEROVELOS)
• AEROVELO'S 'ETA' BIKE IS AS FAST AS A CAR SPEEDING ON A HIGHWAY, REACHING SPEEDS
OF 89.59 MPH (114.18 KMPH). CREATED BY TODD REICHER AND CAMERON ROBERTSON, THE
AERODYNAMIC BIKE SET A NEW SPEED RECORD FOR A HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AT THE
WORLD HUMAN POWERED SPEED CHALLENGE IN BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA THIS YEAR.
AEROVELOS SW FLOW SIMULATION:
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF HPMC:
• KICK SCOOTERS, KICKBIKES, KNEE SCOOTERS, AND SQUARE SCOOTERS.
RICKSHAWS, PRAMS, STROLLERS, ROLLER BUGGIES AND BUGGIES/SHOPPING
TROLLEY (CADDY) SKATEBOARDS, LONGBOARDS, PENNY BOARDS,
SNAKEBOARDS, CASTER BOARDS, FREELINE SKATES, SURFSKATE (OR
CARVEBOARD) TRICYCLES, QUADRACYCLES, AND VELOMOBILES.
THREE WHEEL VEHICLE DESIGN HPMC
SIMULATION
MODERN HPMC (DESIGN PROJECT):