Print Email Facebook Twitter Some effects of crosswind on the lateral dynamics of a bicycle Title Some effects of crosswind on the lateral dynamics of a bicycle Author Schwab, A.L. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control) Dialynas, G. (TU Delft Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control) Happee, R. (TU Delft Intelligent Vehicles) Contributor Espinosa, Hugo G. (editor) Rowlands, David R. (editor) Shepherd, Jonathan (editor) Thiel, David V. (editor) Date 2018 Abstract The bicycle, being unstable at low speed and marginally stable at high speed, is sensitive to lateral perturbations. One of the major lateral perturbations is crosswind, which can lead to accidents and fatalities. Here we investigate the effect of crosswind on the lateral dynamics and control of the bicycle in a wide range of forward speeds and various crosswinds, by means of computer model analysis and simulation. A low dimensional bicycle model is used together with experimentally identified rider control parameters. The crosswind forces are obtained from a recent experimental study. Analysis and simulation show that crosswind decreases the stability of the bicycle and is clearly a safety issue. Subject bicyclecrosswinddynamicscontrolstabilityhandling To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f611f70c-8308-4522-a95a-31599778fe1e DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2060218 Publisher MDPI, Basel, Switzerland Source Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA 2018): Engineering of Sport Event ISEA 2018: 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association 'Engineering of Sport', 2018-03-26 → 2018-03-28, Brisbane, Australia Series Proceedings, 2504-3900, 2 (6) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 A.L. Schwab, G. Dialynas, R. Happee Files PDF proceedings_02_00218.pdf 636.36 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f611f70c-8308-4522-a95a-31599778fe1e/datastream/OBJ/view