Human powered press for producing straw bales for use in construction during post-emergency conditions
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- 作者：Walter Franco ; walter.franco@polito.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Federico Iarussi ; Giuseppe Quaglia
- 关键词：Straw bale construction ; Slider crank mechanism synthesis ; Human powered baler ; Hand-operated machine
- 刊名：Biosystems Engineering
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：150
- 期：Complete
- 页码：170-181
- 全文大小：1948 K
文摘
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Straw bale construction is an appropriate technology for self-construction.
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The design methodology of a straw human powered press is proposed.
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A centred slider-crank mechanism has been chosen as power transmission.
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The functional and detailed design of the press are described.
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The prototype was used to produce straw bales for building a warehouse in Haiti.