Element E

Problem Statement

Cyclist encounters many problems when they ride bicycles. People usually can't afford a car and usually carry multiple items on their bikes but don’t have that much space. Additionally, Aluminum frames do wear out as a result of accumulative fatigue which reduces the stiffness and tensile strength of the material over time. It's believed that aluminum frames can pass through a limited number of stress cycles before developing cracks and eventually failing.

Introduction

Crack!! POP! The sound of your bike breaking down both the tire is flat, and the frame is broken. Too much overuse and barely avoiding obstacles while going very fast.

Stem

The Stem concept is an important component when designing this idea. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math were all the components needed to make this idea work.

Science

I had to build and find substitutes for the prototype as I did not have the money required to buy the accurate materials to make the bike as it was only a testable prototype.

This photo shows some of the material I had to use for the prototype. I was limited on materials so I had to make do with what I could find and make.

Technology

The technology used in this project was a Dell laptop with a Core i3 given to me by my school and, programs I used were, Microsoft teams, Microsoft

Pictures of my tinker cad model of the program I used to create the tinker cad prototype

Engineering

This part of the stem concept is by far the one we have been working towards.

Building and shaping the design of the prototype as it was the frame of the bike.

Math

In this part of the concept, we used math for the dimensions angles and other areas of the design so it could be specified.

Had to include dimensions to my design as I had to follow them to make. the incorporation of math in my design helped me build it and test my design.

Conclusion

As a result, if the bike frames are left unchanged then many cyclists will waste their money on something that can’t be fixed. Although it looks very durable I believe that there can be many ways of shifting frames into a different position.

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