DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AMUSEMENT PARK TRAIN POWERED WITH ELECTRICITY

• Main Authors: Reuben Adebare ADEWUYI, Samuel Omojola EJIKO, Dayo Hephzibah OLADEBEYE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Politehnium Publishing House 2021-03-01
• Series: European Journal of Materials Science and Engineering
• Subjects: material selection; design; strength; durability testing
• Online Access: https://ejmse.ro/articles/06_01_05_EJMSE-20-115.pdf

Experience builds and proves the worth of the individual in the field of engineering as a profession. The work centered on the design, fabrication, and testing of electrically operated amusement park train with a remote control unit and electromechanical system. Materials used in the fabrication were sourced locally. The machine design incorporates base frame and bearing/shaft housing as a unit, variable electric motor, 5hp(12rpm), coach, lever arm and remote control switch. The design takes care of the speed of the coach with respect to the speed of variable electric motor. The coach is of rectangular form made with an angular bar which is supported by four tyres at the chassis tilted at an angle. Performance evaluation was carried out on the amusement park train and the results showed that the amusement park train has an efficiency of 67.67%. The amusement park train is a viable design, very strong, and efficient. The machine is cheap to install, operate, and maintain. The maintenance does not require special training and spare parts are cheap to obtain. The amusement park train is simple and can be easily operated by the passenger on the coach.