Multibody aspects of motorcycle modelling with special reference to autosim

Robin S. Sharp; Simos Evangelou; David J.N. Limebeer

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3393-1_3

Multibody aspects of motorcycle modelling with special reference to autosim

Robin S. Sharp, Simos Evangelou, David J.N. Limebeer

Imperial College London

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Abstract

Modelling of the ride and handling dynamics of motorcycles using the symbolic mechanical multibody system package Autosim has been carried out since 1995. Motorcycles are principally of tree structure but their geometry is complex in relation to the tyre to road contact and tyre force and moment descriptions and to the chain drive system. They may contain closed kinematic loops, according to common suspension and steering design variations. Various aspects of the modelling problem are discussed and some implications, from a multibody standpoint, of choosing different options are exposed. Simulation results illustrate the "antisquat" behaviour of a chain drive transmission and the "anti-dive" behaviour of a Telelever front suspension system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Computational Multibody Systems
Editors	Jorge A.C. Ambrósio
Publisher	Springer
Pages	45-68
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	9781402033926
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3393-1_3
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Advances in Computational Multibody Systems, 2003 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 1 Jul 2003 → 4 Jul 2003

Publication series

Name	Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	1871-3033

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Advances in Computational Multibody Systems, 2003
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	1/07/03 → 4/07/03

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Computational Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Sharp, RS, Evangelou, S & Limebeer, DJN 2005, Multibody aspects of motorcycle modelling with special reference to autosim. in JAC Ambrósio (ed.), Advances in Computational Multibody Systems. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol. 2, Springer, pp. 45-68, International Conference on Advances in Computational Multibody Systems, 2003, Lisbon, Portugal, 1/07/03. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3393-1_3

Multibody aspects of motorcycle modelling with special reference to autosim. / Sharp, Robin S.; Evangelou, Simos; Limebeer, David J.N.
Advances in Computational Multibody Systems. ed. / Jorge A.C. Ambrósio. Springer, 2005. p. 45-68 (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences; Vol. 2).

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