Concept Design of Amphibious Military Patrolling Vehicle

Abstract

AbstractAmphibious Military Patrolling Vehicle is a vehicle that can run on land and water in border areas where some places, Rivers, Jungles and low land is present. The concept of patrolling in situations, remaining in one vehicle is new and will provide a definite advantage to Border Security Force. The advancement in the defense sector of our nation is a high priority, some major border areas of INDIA are partially over water. The military has the means which allow them to patrol in water but the means are now very old as compared to the advancement in the sector. This AMPV will fill in the need gap between the new entries in the defense sector. The major thinking behind this vehicle is to make it run efficiently over water and for that, a technology is needed to be combined with specific needs. This new concept vehicle is not simply a boat with wheels, it is designed by taking care of the surroundings and the consumer of the vehicle. The design methodology followed here is a theme-based visual design process and relation with functions, users, surroundings, etc. This process can be applied to any other vehicle development including military vehicles. A concept developed can be further taken forward for full-fledged vehicle development. The process shows the vehicle’s exterior development and interior development from a mood board and a cad model is generated. AMPV is conceptually new and the design follows a creative process for vehicle form generation which suits its purpose.KeywordsAmphibious military patrolling vehicle (AMPV)Exterior design and styling (EDS)Amphibious vehicle (AV)Vehicle personality (VP)Transportation and mobility design (TMD)