| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M36304/01 |
| Title: |
CONTROL AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF TWO-WHEELED ROAD VEHICLES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Limebeer, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 1999 |
Ends: |
31 August 2002 |
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145,523
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| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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A broad aim of this project is to use mathematical models of single track road vehicles to study their stability and response behaviour. The emphasis will be on operating regimes, such as steady-state cornering, which have defied analysis using conventional methods. New models which we will develop will provide us with the opportunity to study a variety of dynamics stability phenomena which are not currently understood. A particularly important example is a nonlinear variant of the high-speed weave instability. Models also open up the possibility of introducing optimisation into optimal rider control calculations. Any results on optimal rider controls will have obvious implications for rider training. A variety of multi-body rider representations will be studied.The overall aim of this project is to further our understanding of the dynamics of two-wheeled vehicles and to use this knowledge to progress machine design and rider training.
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