1o)
Andy Ruina's
Web Page
Has links to the
research that has occurred in the Cornell Bicycle Project. Much work
has been done by Papadopolous, Hand, Schwab, Ruina, Dressel, and Meijaard
to develop a benchmark bicycle model and to comprehensively sort through
all previous attempts and the development of an unmanned bicycle model.
Many important papers can be found here along with links to current
related work.
2o)
Gregory Watkins' Web Page
His PhD dissertation
is available here. He used Hand's bicycle model and CFD to understand
how gusts of wind affect the stability of a fully faired recumbent bicycle.
3o)
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical
Information
This is best online
resource for all sorts of technical know-how about bicycles.
4o)
Andrew Dressel's
Web Page
Andrew works in
Andy Ruina's lab at Cornell and is working on bicycle simulation. He
co-created a great program called JBike6 for the Whipple bicycle model
that is linked from his page.
5o)
Arend L. Schwab's Web Page
Schwab has worked
with Ruina, Papadopolous, Meijaard, and Dressel on the benchmark bicycle
model. A link to Jodi Kooijman's master's thesis can be found here.
Kooijman verified the benchmark bicycle model experimentally.
6o)
Dynamics and Control
of Nonholonomic Dynamical Systems
Neil Getz's Papers
on bicycle control can be found here.
7o)
Lose the Training Wheels
Richard Klein from
the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign has done years of research
on bicycle dynamics. He used his knowledge about bicycle stability to
develop a program for people to learn to ride a bike with bicycles specifically
designed for low speed stability. There is a bicycle science section
of the web page that includes his challenge to ride a rear steer bicycle.
8o)
Tony Foale Designs
Tony Foale wrote
a 2002 book on motorcycle handling and chassis design. His site includes
articles, software downloads, and information on his seminars.
9o)
The Fajans Group Home
Page
Fajans is a physicist
at UC Berkeley and has written some things on bicycling physics.
10o)
UC Davis Sports Biomechanics
Lab
This is the lab
where I am doing my research under Dr. Mont Hubbard. Some bicycle stability
work has been done in the past and references can be found here.
11o)
Single Track Vehicle Design
This is a site for
the Cal Poly course in bicycle design developed and taught by Bill Patterson.
Details for purchasing the book for the class, "The Lords of the
Chainring," can be found here. The book is primarily about developing
design criteria for choosing frame geometry that will provide the best
handling qualities. This is one of the few attempts at connecting the
human controller to the bicycle's dynamics and is along the lines of
what I am trying to do with my research.
12o)
Russell G. Keanini's Web
Page
Keanini and Watkins
teach a course on Human Powered Engineering at UNCC and are currently
writing a book for the course.
13o)
John Forester's Web Page
John Forester is
a cycling transportation engineer and has written many books and articles
on bicycling. His article on the stability of the Da Hon bicycle can
be found here. He also has some books and articles on effective cycling
that may be of use in classifying maneuvers.
14o)
W. B. Patterson's
Web Page
This is another
web page about Bill Patterson's bicycle handling qualities theory which
is detailed in [2b].
15o)
Murata Boy
Murata built a robot
bicycle to show off the capabilities of their sensors. The robot seems
to be able to balance at zero speed.
16o)
Bicycle
Performer Video
This is the most
impressive bicycle handling I have ever seen. This woman puts track
stands to shame. The interesting thing to note is that this bike is
ridden in a rear-steered configuration for a very long time. The bicycle
has a very steep head tube angle and little or no fork offset.
17o)
Imperial College
Electrical Engineering Control and Power Two Wheeled Road Vehicles Research
Page
This web page presents
the research of Robin Sharp (one of the forerunners in motorcycle dynamics
and control), David Limebeer, and Simos Evangelou.
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