The various environment-friendly models designed by the students of eighth semester BE course at the PES Institute of Technology and Management (PESITM), as part of their project assignment, were demonstrated on the college campus here on Tuesday.
An engineless transmission vehicle has been developed by D.N. Karthik, Laxman Singh, Sharavan Hebbar and C,H. Yathish. The chassis of the vehicle has been modelled with CREO PARAMETRIC 2.0 software. The drawing of the frames has been done by using this software. The entire vehicle has been fabricated by the students on their own. The cone set mounting, tyres, brake, four paddles and axle fixtures have been fitted to the vehicle. The steering mechanism is fixed to the front wheels. The vehicle moves when commuters do the paddling. It is a seven-seater.
Mr. Karthik told The Hindu that this vehicle would help obese people shed their body weight. As no fossil fuel is used to operate this vehicle, it is environment-friendly and cost-affective, he said.
A self0-energised electrical bicycle has been developed by K. Anand, G. Chethan Kumar, H.R. Nagabharana and M.A. Chethan Kumar. The bicycle is the main mode of transportation in rural areas and many remote villages in India have still remained without electrification. The power generated by paddling is converted from mechanical to electrical energy by using a dynamo.
The low-power lighting devices can be re-charged with this dynamo. An electric motor has also been fixed in this vehicle, which can be used for propulsion while climbing a hilly terrain.
Analysis of traffic density in Shivamogga with Hadoop software, a smart-car equipped with ultrasonic sensors and GPS device, are among the other interesting projects on display.
