DESIGN OF A river shuttle
This conceptual design of a river shuttle was done in collaboration with my colleagues at Segula Technologies. The shuttle was conceived as an alternative to delivery trucks which often block traffic and contribute to air pollution in Paris. The shuttle would deliver small to medium size packages of same day deliveries such as restaurant groceries, newspaper shipments and personal items via Paris's network of rivers and canals.
The innovative idea behind the shuttle is that the packages would be placed aboard with the help of motorized pallets and adjustable onboard lifts thus eliminating the need for dock-side cranes and multiple personnel as well as the need for regulating the shuttle's draft at each stop. A network of conveyors aboard the shuttle would permit quick depositing and retrieval of packages as well as the uniform distribution of the cargo within the shuttle's hold.
The computer programs used in the project included RHINO for hull form modeling, SOLIDWORKS for systems modeling and MAAT HYDRO for stability analysis.
The innovative idea behind the shuttle is that the packages would be placed aboard with the help of motorized pallets and adjustable onboard lifts thus eliminating the need for dock-side cranes and multiple personnel as well as the need for regulating the shuttle's draft at each stop. A network of conveyors aboard the shuttle would permit quick depositing and retrieval of packages as well as the uniform distribution of the cargo within the shuttle's hold.
The computer programs used in the project included RHINO for hull form modeling, SOLIDWORKS for systems modeling and MAAT HYDRO for stability analysis.