Methods to assess the stability of a bicycle rider system

Cooke, Adrian; Beusenberg, Marc; Bonnema, Maarten; Poelman, Wim; Bulsink, Vera; Koopman, Bart; Dubbeldam, Rosemary

Forschungsartikel in Sammelband (Konferenz)

Zusammenfassung

The SOFIE (Intelligent Assisted Bicycles) project wishes to create performance and design guidelines for mechatronic appli- ances which improve the stability of electric bicycles, so-called intelligent stability assist devices (IAD). To achieve this goal, a stability hypothesis, an advanced rider/bicycle model and bicy- cle stability test bench, will be created. This paper describes the development of these components and its goal is to present the project design. The stability hypothesis is based on the concept that the Centre of Mass (CoM) of the bicycle/rider system stays within certain lateral margins from the heading of a bicycle. The rider/bicycle model is created in Adams for multi-body dynamic simulations. The bicycle stability test bench is designed to be in- terchangeable between bicycles. The model, the test bench and the stability hypothesis will be used to validate the effectiveness of the IAD's and assist in their design.

Details zur Publikation

Buchtitel: Proceedings of the ASME 2012 5th Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference joint with the JSME 2012 11th Motion and Vibration Conference.
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst ist: Englisch
Veranstaltung: Florida