Control of motorcycle steering instabilities: Passive mechanical compensators incorporating inerters

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Evangelou, Simos ^a   Limebeer, David J N ^b   Sharp, Robin S ^c   Smith, Malcolm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTORCYCLES; NYQUIST DIAGRAMS; ROOT LOCI; STEERING;

LOOP-SHAPING DESIGN; PASSIVE MECHANICAL STEERING COMPENSATOR; STEERING DAMPER; WOOBLE-MODE FREQUENCY;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33749405556     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2006.1700046     Document Type: Article

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