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Design Projects

This page lists articles about the engineering design projects I’ve been involved in. My career began in design and I’ve worked on a wide range of commercial designs ranging from sawmills to medical devices. I also designed the BriefBike concept; an e-bike that flicks open and folds in a single motion, and that’s as easy to walk with as a roller case. BriefBike is now being developed by Better Bicycles Ltd.

Other design projects:

4-bar linkage drawn in multiple positions allowing SolidWorks CAD's geometric constraint solver to synthesize the mechanism required

Using CAD to Synthesize Mechanisms

2018/10/24

When I’m designing a linkage mechanism I often have some particular motion that I need to achieve. In this article I explain the first step…

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Bicycle Suspension Analysis featured

Bicycle Suspension Analysis and Optimization presented in Seville

2015/04/13

Title: Kinematic Analysis and Optimization of Bicycle Suspension Force exerted at the pedals of a bike cause an increase in vertical and horizontal ground reaction forces…

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An Example of an Overhead Feed System

Machine Design for Stenner Saw Mills

2008/06/26

Jody Muelaner has a wide range of experience in the design of industrial machinery. This has involved kinematic and structural design of mechanisms, chain and…

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Design of Plastic Lighting Enclosure for GDS

2006/08/17

Jody Muelaner supported Global Design Solutions (GDS) in designing a new LED lighting product. This design was considered aesthetics, ease of use and ease of manufacture…

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Rendered Image of Flame Effect Fire

Consumer Electric Heater Development for Electric Fires Technology

2006/06/23

Design Brief This development work began with a concept for a more realistic flame effect. Previous electric fires had used a light mounted behind ribbons…

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Axisymmetric Finite Element Model of Pressure Vessel

FEA Failure Analysis of Pressure Vessel

2006/03/12

Customer Profile and Brief CypherCo are a manufacturer of specialist fluid transfer products for the beverage and agro-chemical industries world-wide. I was contracted to determine cause of…

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Linear Finite Element Analysis for Localized Model

FEA Contact Analysis of Biomedical Device for SRA Developments

2005/06/25

Analysis Brief SRA Developments are a leading innovator of ultrasonic medical devices. I carried out a detailed non-linear 3D surface contact Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for an…

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CFD Results Showing Surface Temperature Contours

CFD Combustion Model for Yeoman Stoves

2003/06/25

I carried out computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling of the combustion process in a gas stove for Yeoman Stoves. This company constructs domestic gas stoves and…

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Second Prototype (1997)

Design of Ergonomic Rucksack Frame

1998/09/26

Design Specification Load carriers are worn on the back as backpacks for leisure and military applications as well as for other uses such as chemical…

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Concept for Temperature Adjustable Clothing

Temperature Adjustable Clothing for Ultralight Backpacking, Mountaineering etc

1997/07/28

This page introduces my concept for Temperature Adjustable Clothing (TAC). This is a radically new configuration of clothing which enables a single layer of clothing…

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