TY - GEN
T1 - Stability and controllability analysis of a motorcycle
AU - Nishimura, Hidekazu
AU - Zhu, Shaopeng
AU - Iwamatsu, Shunsuke
AU - Tajima, Hiroshi
PY - 2008/6/17
Y1 - 2008/6/17
N2 - In this paper, we present a linearized system of a motorcycle and its stability and controllability analysis is done. The equation of motion for the motorcycle have been obtained using the multi-body dynamics analysis assuming that the motorcycle consists of four rigid parts with nine degrees of freedom. In this model the cross-sectional shape of the tire was described as a half circle and its deformation has been taken into account. By carrying out simulations it has been verified that the responses to the front-steering impulsive torque are in good agreement with those of a marketed dynamics analysis software. Two inputs of the steering torque and the driving torque of the rear wheel are taken into consideration. By using the balanced realization method the gramians of the linearized system are obtained to examine the reduced-order model with the frequency responses and the impulsive responses.
AB - In this paper, we present a linearized system of a motorcycle and its stability and controllability analysis is done. The equation of motion for the motorcycle have been obtained using the multi-body dynamics analysis assuming that the motorcycle consists of four rigid parts with nine degrees of freedom. In this model the cross-sectional shape of the tire was described as a half circle and its deformation has been taken into account. By carrying out simulations it has been verified that the responses to the front-steering impulsive torque are in good agreement with those of a marketed dynamics analysis software. Two inputs of the steering torque and the driving torque of the rear wheel are taken into consideration. By using the balanced realization method the gramians of the linearized system are obtained to examine the reduced-order model with the frequency responses and the impulsive responses.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2007-35038
DO - 10.1115/DETC2007-35038
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44949120725
SN - 0791848027
SN - 9780791848029
SN - 079184806X
SN - 9780791848067
T3 - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
SP - 2011
EP - 2020
BT - 2007 Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007
T2 - 6th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, presented at - 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2007
Y2 - 4 September 2007 through 7 September 2007
ER -