A Tornado Model

After having gone through this course , I decided to make a model of my process, which illustrates my thinking, the decisions I took and why .

This particular design process, I feel is  best represented by a Tornado.

My design process derives from three areas of expertise from the cloud of knowledge. The three are technology, ergonomics and space design.
Once you have identified your problem, there are many possibilities you start thinking of across these these three areas broadly. They become a part of your ideation cloud. These ideas have to pass through the eye of the storm which is an analogy to the human factors. After going through this , the ideas and possibilities that are able to hold converge to form a design solution that creates the changes on the ground.
                                                             Below is my model

Solution series 2 :The Motorable section

This is the motorable section of the jetty which will be used during the races etc.
It's hull is a combination hull.  Which combines the properties of the planning hulls and displacement hulls of ships. 

Planning hulls have a steeper stern and can cruise through the water at greater speeds because they are more streamlined

Displacement hulls are built for stability and have a very light angle to stern. 

the bibliography in progress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane  at 2213hrs 13th april

http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/designing-a-modern-dockyard/
http://onthewaterdesigns.com/Marine-Railway.asp @ 1009hrs 14th april

http://onthewaterdesigns.com/ResourcePDFs/Marine%20Railway.pdf  10:15

http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/hydraulic4.htm 10:40


http://www.modulardockingsystems.com.au/ (1235hrs 14th April)

http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/design/understanding-hull-design at 11:55 am on 16th april

For the materials that can be used for the jetty
http://www.permastruct.com/marine/floating-jetty-pontoon/ at 1429 hrs 20th May

http://www.permastruct.com/marine/compcrete-marine-decking/ 1430hrs 20th May
 
 http://www.permastruct.com/marine/timber-composite-decking/1434hrs 20th May

Materials to build the jetty

The jetty need to be made of a material that will withstand daily variations of the weather for months. in other words it needs to face the elements for the entire year except for the 4 months of the monsoon.

It will have to face heat, sunshine,  and temperatures dropping to 10 degrees Celsius in the winter. It will also have to deal with the irregular rains that happen through out the rest of the year.

Other physical stresses will be the weight of the rowers carrying the boats at the least. at the most it will have to deal with will be around 50 people, if the the jetty is going to be used for more social purposes.

The jetty i'm planning to create for the college will have changeable levels. And hence some level of motorization will be required as the ballast tanks need water to be pumped in and out of them . The material will have to incorporate that. 

The jetty used in the boat club in the MIT Rajbaug campus will be semi permanent. The reason for this being that apart from seasonal variations of water, there can be a drastic drop in water levels when a release of the water is ordered from the local authorities to feed the farms downstream.

Another feature i am planning to add is to make a section of the jetty motor-able. This will serve the judges during regattas and races. During this years State championships held in the river, the judges had to sit in an old run down wooden boat which did not have any arrangements for sun protection.

The motorable section of the jetty will have accommodation for a detachable engine . It will also have grooves on its edges for a water- proof canvas roof to be erected on it so that it may serve as a shelter for the judges

Solution :The Jetty experience and the alternative river space.

This post starts with  visual of what its like to use the jetty, and what it is like presently.

The second sketch sheet is an exploration of the ergonomics that different shapes have to offer. This results in a surprisingly simple solution, which then also works better for rowers while docking- which is to have a 90 degree change in the direction of the boat.  The solution is to have a long jetty that is perpendicular to the river length, so the only thing that decides the number of boats that can be docked on it is its length. These sketches also explore another possibility- that a section of the jetty is motor able. This can be detached and run with an engine, so that it can be taken to a different point on the river from where a race could be starting.

The third sketch is an alternative river space that I've thought out.This is a layout of the solution to the jetty and the space around it.  The sketch of the motorized section will come in a later post.   This incorporates the ergonomics and alignment of the jetty. I still have to work on the material to be used.

Stakeholder analysis

The below is a mind map of what Rowers have to face while placing, lifting, rowing and carrying the Shells . This is slightly de-focused from the design process problem of the jetty. Its a general human experience.

20th May: At this point i would like to add that even the judges that are on the river the day of the races are stakeholders in the jetty design. More about this in the more recent posts.

Researchomania

And so the research begins.

I begin to research, going into naval Dockyard design. this leads me onto various boat handling systems that i hadn't heard of before. I'll be elaborating on the working of these systems below. 

Its also interesting to note that Naval Dockyards have traditionally been centers of technical excellence and a hub of engineering. Ports are also hugely sensitive areas which have restricted airpace and have a lot of safety measures in place. 

Here's the link to a mind map i made regarding my research.

https://www.mindmeister.com/684361987?t=6jZlX37uN7