Addressing issues affecting public restrooms in Singapore : a social and mechanical engineering initiative
This report highlights two solutions – a social engineering and a mechanical engineering initiative, to counter some of Singapore’s public restroom issues found through an initial public survey. The first solution, as described in Chapter 3, involves the engineering of a sensible standardization of...
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| author | Kwek, Amos Chin Hong |
| author2 | Heng Kok Hui, John Gerard |
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| description | This report highlights two solutions – a social engineering and a mechanical engineering initiative, to counter some of Singapore’s public restroom issues found through an initial public survey. The first solution, as described in Chapter 3, involves the engineering of a sensible standardization of the washing area, while the second solution, taking up the bulk of the report, proposes an innovative door configuration. Chapter 4 consists of the design methodologies used which ties to the design conceptualization phase, and this leads to a finalized design described in Chapter 5 which highlights essential components and their dimensions. The door configuration, taking into account the space necessary within a toilet cubicle, integrates existing components such as rollers and T-tracks to create a sliding door mechanism aimed at reducing the cubicle size without jeopardizing users’ comfort and allowing more flexibility in restroom design. Finally, Chapter 6 validates the results from a second survey on product design and concludes the report. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1407752023-03-04T20:01:46Z Addressing issues affecting public restrooms in Singapore : a social and mechanical engineering initiative Kwek, Amos Chin Hong Heng Kok Hui, John Gerard School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering mkhheng@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::General::Social aspects Engineering::Mechanical engineering This report highlights two solutions – a social engineering and a mechanical engineering initiative, to counter some of Singapore’s public restroom issues found through an initial public survey. The first solution, as described in Chapter 3, involves the engineering of a sensible standardization of the washing area, while the second solution, taking up the bulk of the report, proposes an innovative door configuration. Chapter 4 consists of the design methodologies used which ties to the design conceptualization phase, and this leads to a finalized design described in Chapter 5 which highlights essential components and their dimensions. The door configuration, taking into account the space necessary within a toilet cubicle, integrates existing components such as rollers and T-tracks to create a sliding door mechanism aimed at reducing the cubicle size without jeopardizing users’ comfort and allowing more flexibility in restroom design. Finally, Chapter 6 validates the results from a second survey on product design and concludes the report. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2020-06-02T02:37:45Z 2020-06-02T02:37:45Z 2020 Final Year Project (FYP) https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140775 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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