Experimental validation of a model of an uncontrolled bicycle

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-132

  Kooijman, J D G ^a   Schwab, A L ^a   Meijaard, J P ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicycle dynamics; Experiments; Instrumentation; Multibody dynamics; Non holonomic constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; WHEELS;

BICYCLE DYNAMICS; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; NON-HOLONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; REAR WHEEL ROTATION; STEERING ANGLE;

BICYCLES;

EID: 38849168964     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-007-9050-x     Document Type: Article

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