Title :
A study on self-balancing electric motorcycles with two-wheel steering
Author :
Chuan Yang ; Murakami, Toshiyuki
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Integrated Design Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Due to their good portability and flexibility, two-wheel electric motorcycles are popular in many countries nowadays. However, keeping the motorcycles balanced, which is a valuable research in an accelerating ageing society, has not been thoroughly researched. In this essay, a novel self-balancing electric motorcycle is put forward to cover this deficiency. By controlling the two-wheel steering, in this paper, the balance of the electric motorcycle can be kept with its wheels swaying. Also, three different kinds of structures of the two-wheel steering motorcycles were discussed. And a master operator is added for the drivers, even the aged drivers to drive the motorcycle at ease. Such balance can be kept when the motorcycle is parked as well. The feasibility was proved by preliminary experiments.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; mechanical stability; motorcycles; steering systems; vehicle dynamics; self-balancing electric motorcycles; two-wheel steering; Equations; Mathematical model; Motorcycles; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Vehicle dynamics; Wheels; master operator; self-balancing; two-wheel driving; two-wheel steering;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), 2014 7th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICIAFS.2014.7069530
