A Rescue Boat Design Utilizing Reused Plastic Bottles for Accident Preventation

Abstract

<p>Fiberglass layer of rescue boat has tendency to crack when hit by a heavy wave or involves in accident. As an alternative to this problem, waste plastic disposal is suggested to be reused in filling the displaced volume of the designed rescue boat. The main objective of this paper is to design a fiberglass rescue boat that has arrangement of bottles under the waterline section of the original boat design. The arrangement of waste plastic bottles will avoid the rescue boat from sinking if fiberglass layer of the boat happened to cracked. The design rescue boat will count on density and quantity of waste plastic bottles used at the core of the boat.</p

Rescue Boat and Life Vest Design Using Recycled Materials for Flood Disaster Risk Mitigation in Manila

“…The two forces were found equal, the rescue boat floated on the Pasig River with a medium built passenger. This also validates the study done by Faturachman et al (2012).…”

“…and a 100 pieces of boat can accommodate a weight of a person for about 60 lbs.The Density of the rescue boat with a required number of passenger is important to prevent it from sinking. Figure.1 Measurements (a) The Rescue boat Length's isabout 6 feet and 4 feet width, wood is 2"x 5" that holds the bamboo, head rest made of bamboo is about 450from the boat, the bow of the boat is about 3' An upward buoyant force was supported by 450 pcs of 1.5 lt of plastic bottles, (b) the structural design of the rescue boat According to Faturachman et al (2012), if the density of an object exceeds the density of water, the object will sink. …”

“…Density is define weight per volume. If the density of an object exceeds the density of water, the object will sink (Faturachman et al, 2012).…”