Design and fabrication on waterbike floating system

Tuah Marzuki, Muhammad Akmal Farhan (2025) Design and fabrication on waterbike floating system. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Water bikes have become popular these days. Water bikes are used in tourism activities, and some even use them for rescue purposes. This project is targeted at students in rural areas who have to cross the river to go to school. This bike is a versatile usage. This is because they just have to pedal the bike as usual on land and when they arrive at the river area, they just have to open the float to pedal on water. The process of opening this float is easy. Therefore, a project was carried out for the design and fabrication of a bicycle on water that has a floating system that has characteristics such as portability and ease of use. The method of this project follows all the organized processes that make this project run successfully. Starting with an in-depth study of the concept of a project that has been made before. The concept then was processed and upgraded to form a water bike that is low cost and safe to use. CATIA V5 is carried out to simulate stress analysis on the critical part of the water bike. In addition, some calculations were also made to support the certainty that this project is able to float according to the weight that has been set. A mockup prototype was also created to facilitate the real actual design of this project. The production method of this project involves the process of cutting, drilling, welding and finishing. The main material used in this project is hollow steel and PVC pipe. Analysis of frame structure states the maximum Von Mises stress of 183 MPa, lower than the yield strength of steel, 250 MPa. Results of factors of safety (FoS) calculations show that the frame operates well within the safe and pass stress limit, 1.37. Floating test on PVC is successful on the water with the mass of the bike, 35 kg and the rider, 70 kg. Result shows the available volume produced 0.138 m³ is greater than required volume 0.105 m³.

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