Development Of Concept Design For An Ideal City Bus

Wong, Jiar Mean (2010) Development Of Concept Design For An Ideal City Bus. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

There are many types of bus available in all countries where the society is demanding more accessible city buses, which provide a safe and comfortable environment for passengers. This paper concentrates on the development of concept design for an ideal city bus packaging which considered the ergonomics and safety factor. All the necessary information is gathered by constructing the literature study. Background of related studies and legal requirement of city bus is reviewed, as well as the market surveys are done to attain customer input regarding ideal bus design. Consequently, the technical aspects regarding ergonomics and packaging to establish a three-dimensional data bus concept design complete with the bus packaging parameters is referring to the standard requirements of Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines, American Public Transit Association, Automotive Industry Standard, and Federal Transit Administration. Through all the input collected and analyzed, the expected results of an ideal three-dimensional concept design with detail dimensions and important parameters of each design aspects is developed. Then, the results obtained are adapted into the CATIA bus drawing to generate the best results of bus design. The drawing obtained is then evaluated and validated with the aid of manikin to achieve the most suitable city bus design parameters that fulfil the level of comfort that fits 95 percent of Asian anthropometry data. At the end of this paper, an ideal three-dimensional concept design 12 meter long single deck city bus incorporates with low floor design that captures the combination of the overall external dimension, floor height, doors, windows, walkway, stairs, handrail, passenger compartment, and operator compartment is developed. The concept design developed is able to ne modified into different shape of bus by referring to the important parameter results achieved in this paper.

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