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Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers

Transportation of goods in rural communities, especially from farms, is one of the major bottlenecks experienced by rural dwellers. Bicycle and motorcycle trailers have been a major intervention proposed by several studies but, this technology has not been fully adopted and it has no detailed eval...

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Main Authors: Oyesiku, Olukayode O., Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O., Giwa, Solomon O., Lawal, Nurudeen S., Adetifa, Babatunde O.
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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spelling my-ukm.journal.142942020-02-26T07:55:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14294/ Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers Oyesiku, Olukayode O. Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O. Giwa, Solomon O. Lawal, Nurudeen S. Adetifa, Babatunde O. Transportation of goods in rural communities, especially from farms, is one of the major bottlenecks experienced by rural dwellers. Bicycle and motorcycle trailers have been a major intervention proposed by several studies but, this technology has not been fully adopted and it has no detailed evaluation report. This study, therefore, evaluates the performance of different bicycle and motorcycle trailer designs. Three different designs of bicycle trailers (fixed plate design (FPD), convertible plate design (CPD) and wire mesh design (WMD)) and two designs of motorcycle trailers (FPD and CPD) were developed. Four performance evaluation tests (laden mass, forward speed, pull and haulage tests and a computer-based simulation of stress/strain analysis) were carried out. The optimum load capacity (OLC) of WMD bicycle trailer is 100 kg at a speed of 5.2 – 6.3 km/hr, while that of FPD and CPD bicycle trailers are 100 kg at a speed of 3.8 - 4.2 km/hr. The OLC for the FPD and CPD motorcycle trailer was 200 kg at a speed of 6.2 – 8.4 km/hr. Static structural analysis of the trailer chassis shows that the maximum stress and strain of the trailers were 2.95 × 106 Pa and 8.22 × 10-6 mm, respectively. This study shows the suitability of the bicycle and motorcycle trailers in small-scale goods conveyance and its suitability for the rural community. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14294/1/02.pdf Oyesiku, Olukayode O. and Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O. and Giwa, Solomon O. and Lawal, Nurudeen S. and Adetifa, Babatunde O. (2019) Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 31 (1). pp. 11-18. ISSN 0128-0198 http://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-311-2019/
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description Transportation of goods in rural communities, especially from farms, is one of the major bottlenecks experienced by rural dwellers. Bicycle and motorcycle trailers have been a major intervention proposed by several studies but, this technology has not been fully adopted and it has no detailed evaluation report. This study, therefore, evaluates the performance of different bicycle and motorcycle trailer designs. Three different designs of bicycle trailers (fixed plate design (FPD), convertible plate design (CPD) and wire mesh design (WMD)) and two designs of motorcycle trailers (FPD and CPD) were developed. Four performance evaluation tests (laden mass, forward speed, pull and haulage tests and a computer-based simulation of stress/strain analysis) were carried out. The optimum load capacity (OLC) of WMD bicycle trailer is 100 kg at a speed of 5.2 – 6.3 km/hr, while that of FPD and CPD bicycle trailers are 100 kg at a speed of 3.8 - 4.2 km/hr. The OLC for the FPD and CPD motorcycle trailer was 200 kg at a speed of 6.2 – 8.4 km/hr. Static structural analysis of the trailer chassis shows that the maximum stress and strain of the trailers were 2.95 × 106 Pa and 8.22 × 10-6 mm, respectively. This study shows the suitability of the bicycle and motorcycle trailers in small-scale goods conveyance and its suitability for the rural community.
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author Oyesiku, Olukayode O.
Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O.
Giwa, Solomon O.
Lawal, Nurudeen S.
Adetifa, Babatunde O.
spellingShingle Oyesiku, Olukayode O.
Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O.
Giwa, Solomon O.
Lawal, Nurudeen S.
Adetifa, Babatunde O.
Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
author_facet Oyesiku, Olukayode O.
Akinyemi, Olasunkanmi O.
Giwa, Solomon O.
Lawal, Nurudeen S.
Adetifa, Babatunde O.
author_sort Oyesiku, Olukayode O.
title Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
title_short Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
title_full Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
title_fullStr Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
title_sort evaluation of rural transportation technology: a case study of bicycle and motorcycle trailers
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14294/1/02.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14294/
http://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-311-2019/
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