Influence of road camber on motorcycle stability

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 0610201-06102012

  Evangelou, Simos ^a   Limebeer, M David J N ^a   Rodriguez, Maria Tomas ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONES; MOTORCYCLES; SPEED; SYSTEM STABILITY; TIRES; VEHICLES; WEAVING; WHEELS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROLLERS; CAMBER ANGLES; CIRCULAR CONES; CONE SURFACES; HIGH SPEEDS; LOW SPEEDS; MACHINE DYNAMICS; MACHINE SPEEDS; MOMENT SYSTEMS; MOMENT VECTORS; MOTORCYCLE STABILITIES; PARAMETER SETS; REFERENCE FRAMES; ROAD SURFACES; ROAD VEHICLES; ROLL ANGLES; RUNNING CONDITIONS; TANGENT PLANES; TIRE CONTACTS; TIRE FORCES; WHEELED VEHICLES;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 55149102372     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2937140     Document Type: Article

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