Floods have now become a recurring phenomenon in India, which brings huge loss of lives and damage of infrastructure and utilities. India faced a damage of 4735 Crore Indian currency due to monsoon flood between 1996 and 2005. It is evident that recently floods occurred in areas which were earlier considered as no prone. Even though, being highly vulnerable to floods, India is void of any particular vehicle designed and specialized in carrying out rescue and relief operations in these scenarios. Today the load is mostly over manpower and conventional boats and rafts which lack proficiency leading to delays and even loss of lives. This project aims at proposing a concept vehicle specially designed for all-terrain rescue operations. The proposed solution is meant to match and exceed the conventional methodologies. This project describes various aspects of flash floods and the preparedness of government and institutional arrangements. Firstly, case study and facts of different states have been studied, to understand official decisions and resilient actions taken and magnitude to successful operation. The major key players studied are geographical location and topology, satellite ground mapping, and flood watch satellite data acquisition and analysis. Different governmental operational and technical parameters have also been studied and considered in designing the solution vehicle. After understanding the scenario on the basis of facts, an attempt has been made to understand if the proposed concept has potential or not. Current key trends of this sector are also studied, and benchmarking of potentially promising ATV rescue vehicles is also done. Efforts have been made in this paper to put front a concept which is aesthetically and functionally acceptable ATV for rescue and relief purposes. It aims to fill in the gap between the upcoming concepts in various first response sectors. A theme-based design process in relation to aesthetic, function, and user methodology has been used for the vehicle’s development. The vehicle’s exterior and interior are designed to put a positive and protective psychological impression on the user. It is possible to increase the efficiency and outcome of disaster response teams with this concept. It can be further developed and refined with more knowledge of the future market prediction. It showcases the possibility of better output than present vehicles and rafts being used.

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Amphibious All-Terrain Rescue Vehicle for India

  • Debashish Majumder,
  • Shivam Anand,
  • Ipsita Dasgupta

摘要

Floods have now become a recurring phenomenon in India, which brings huge loss of lives and damage of infrastructure and utilities. India faced a damage of 4735 Crore Indian currency due to monsoon flood between 1996 and 2005. It is evident that recently floods occurred in areas which were earlier considered as no prone. Even though, being highly vulnerable to floods, India is void of any particular vehicle designed and specialized in carrying out rescue and relief operations in these scenarios. Today the load is mostly over manpower and conventional boats and rafts which lack proficiency leading to delays and even loss of lives. This project aims at proposing a concept vehicle specially designed for all-terrain rescue operations. The proposed solution is meant to match and exceed the conventional methodologies. This project describes various aspects of flash floods and the preparedness of government and institutional arrangements. Firstly, case study and facts of different states have been studied, to understand official decisions and resilient actions taken and magnitude to successful operation. The major key players studied are geographical location and topology, satellite ground mapping, and flood watch satellite data acquisition and analysis. Different governmental operational and technical parameters have also been studied and considered in designing the solution vehicle. After understanding the scenario on the basis of facts, an attempt has been made to understand if the proposed concept has potential or not. Current key trends of this sector are also studied, and benchmarking of potentially promising ATV rescue vehicles is also done. Efforts have been made in this paper to put front a concept which is aesthetically and functionally acceptable ATV for rescue and relief purposes. It aims to fill in the gap between the upcoming concepts in various first response sectors. A theme-based design process in relation to aesthetic, function, and user methodology has been used for the vehicle’s development. The vehicle’s exterior and interior are designed to put a positive and protective psychological impression on the user. It is possible to increase the efficiency and outcome of disaster response teams with this concept. It can be further developed and refined with more knowledge of the future market prediction. It showcases the possibility of better output than present vehicles and rafts being used.