MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF ERGONOMICALLY DESIGN BICYCLE HANDLEBAR FOR OPTIMIZING THE COMFORT AND DISCOMFORT PARAMETERS

An effort has been made to understand the muscular problem and other difficulties faced by male and female riders while riding the traditional bicycle. To overcome their problems an ergonomic bicycle handle is designed and fabricated to impart comfort to both male and female riders. This paper deals with the comfort and discomfort analysis of ergonomically design bicycle handlebar. Also a mathematically model is prepare to find out muscular fatigue, overall oxygen consumption and the discomfort analysis of male and female rider. The outcome of this analysis is discussed for optimization of handlebar parameters such as handle width, handle height and handle inclination angle. The results show a variety of modulations related to muscle fatigue and the overall oxygen consumptions proves the comfort zone and discomfort zone of the bicycle rider. The coefficient of correlation found in the mathematical analysis by comparing the experimental analysis proves the validity of results obtained