Using simulators for the assessment of handling of motorcycles
Using simulators for the assessment of handling of motorcycles
Currently only a few motorcycle simulators exist, few or none of which are used during the development of real vehicles. Indeed, most of the existing simulators can some-how reproduce the behavior of a ‘typical’ motorcycle, as opposed to a ‘specific’ motorcycle or configuration.
In this work the motorcycle simulator of the University of Padova is employed to assess its possible usage in the development phase of real vehicles. The ultimate objective is using the simulator to evaluate the handling of a specific motorcycle in a specific configuration.
Lab tests, numerical simulations, road tests with on-board telemetry, and simulator tests have been employed during this research. The same riders that rode the real motorcycle on the real track tested the virtual motorcycle on the (same) virtual track using the simulator. Different setups were considered, both on the track and on the simulator, including different front frame properties, front wheel inertial properties, tires, lower surface friction (wet track), steering damper settings, as well as frame structural stiffness.
Powered Two Wheelers, Motorcycle Dynamics, handling, Virtu- al Reality, Simulators
Lot, Roberto
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21 September 2016
Lot, Roberto
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Lot, Roberto, Massaro, Matteo, Cossalter, Vittore and Sadauckas, James
(2016)
Using simulators for the assessment of handling of motorcycles.
Symposium on the Dynamics and Control of Single Track Vehicles, , Milwaukee, United States.
21 - 23 Sep 2016.
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Abstract
Currently only a few motorcycle simulators exist, few or none of which are used during the development of real vehicles. Indeed, most of the existing simulators can some-how reproduce the behavior of a ‘typical’ motorcycle, as opposed to a ‘specific’ motorcycle or configuration.
In this work the motorcycle simulator of the University of Padova is employed to assess its possible usage in the development phase of real vehicles. The ultimate objective is using the simulator to evaluate the handling of a specific motorcycle in a specific configuration.
Lab tests, numerical simulations, road tests with on-board telemetry, and simulator tests have been employed during this research. The same riders that rode the real motorcycle on the real track tested the virtual motorcycle on the (same) virtual track using the simulator. Different setups were considered, both on the track and on the simulator, including different front frame properties, front wheel inertial properties, tires, lower surface friction (wet track), steering damper settings, as well as frame structural stiffness.
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Using Simulators for the Assessment of Handling of Motorcycles
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Published date: 21 September 2016
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Symposium on the Dynamics and Control of Single Track Vehicles, , Milwaukee, United States, 2016-09-21 - 2016-09-23
Keywords:
Powered Two Wheelers, Motorcycle Dynamics, handling, Virtu- al Reality, Simulators
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Energy Technology Group
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Local EPrints ID: 411611
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411611
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Roberto Lot
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Matteo Massaro
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Vittore Cossalter
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James Sadauckas
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