Low-cost lightweight strain measurement system for bicycle application

Author

Giannetti, Romano ; Chichi, F. ; Erzegovesi, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun., Pisa Univ., Italy

Volume

47

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

893

Lastpage

899

Abstract

In the following work, we present the design of a measurement system to be applied to a race-class bicycle, utilized to obtain an exact image of stress distribution along its frame, in order to optimize tube design. Due to the very low weight of the structure under test, the instrumentation set needs to be designed so that its weight does not perturb too much the mass distribution on the frame. Selection of utilized sensors and electronic interface design is discussed, and several examples of measured data are showed

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; road vehicles; signal processing equipment; strain measurement; strain sensors; bicycle application; electronic interface design; frame stress distribution; instrumentation set; low-cost lightweight system; race-class bicycle; sensors; strain measurement system; tube design optimisation; Bicycles; Composite materials; Construction industry; Design optimization; Instruments; Production; Strain measurement; Stress measurement; Telecommunications; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.744639

Filename

744639