| Lean
Control in crisis |
Analysis of lean control systems'
behavior in crisis situations, when vehicle stability
is lost and driver/rider is trying to gain it back. Operation in crisis
is what in my opinion defines a good lean control strategy of a tilting
three wheeler. All related to tilting three wheelers, of course. |
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A bunch of photos in size 1000x750,
made with my digital Canon :) Nothing revolutional among displayed models
of motorcycles but a few way cool Zodiac bikes
and a lot of suspension, chassis and other details of a few modern machines.
Also, a few rather XXX pix of a rather personal collection, because of which
my brother will never be able to run for the president ; ) Enjoy.... |
| been
bored for 30 mins |
23 Jun 04, the rear tire on the Honda
was worn out, so we went to the highway to burn it, and in the process a
few friends stopped by... quite an ordinary Summer day : ) besides the VFR,
you can see a few closeups of a 748 (red, Boris) and a 996 (black, Atilla)
Ducati |
| V8 sound pulses
image |
Sound Forge software used to show
firing order in V8 motorcycle engines, a Drysdale
V8 and a Moto Guzzi V8... Unfortunately, the audio recording of the
Guzzi machine was of low quallity. Making of this image was initiated by
the question on the MC engine Yahoo group if the firing order of an engine
can be recognized from it's audio recording, in order to figure out if some
moto GP engineering crews are relying on the Big Bang phenomenon or not.
Big Bang is one of those things that are not quite explained but definitely
work, and here is one of my theories about pulsed rubber traction represented
on a graph. This theory evolved as
I learned more... |
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Images of results of analysis
of motorcycle frame (featherbed in Norton Manx) made for a few critical
situations, done by ANSYS software. You can
see the principles used to obtain the loads acting on the motorcycle chassis
and the von Mises Stress situation in the frame. More text on this chapter
is yet to come. This analysis was a part of graduation paper of my dear
friend Igor Soc (B.Sc.M.E. too), and I was humbly involved with a few engineering
suggestions and bits of digital help here and there. |
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