Modeling of the Powered Two-Wheeler dynamic behavior for emergency situations analysis

Laura Costa (1) , Christophe Perrin (2) , Maxime Dubois-Lounis (1) , Thierry Serre (3) , Nacer K M'Sirdi (4)

1 IFSTTAR/TS2/LMA - Laboratoire Mécanismes d'Accidents
2 IFSTTAR/MA - Unité de recherche Mécanismes d'accidents
3 LBA UMR T24 - Laboratoire de Biomécanique Appliquée
4 LIS - Laboratoire d'Informatique et des Systèmes (LIS) (Marseille, Toulon)

This paper deals with a numerical modelling of the Powered Two-Wheelers (PTW) dynamic in order to simulate its behaviour during emergency situations. Firstly, a multibody model of a Honda VFR has been developed. It consists of six bodies and eleven degrees of freedom and takes into account the specificities to simulate hard braking, avoidance and slalom manoeuvres. In parallel, a motorcycle was instrumented to conduct a series of emergency manoeuvres in order to validate the model. The experimental tests have been compared to the simulated model and results give good correlations showing that the model is well adapted to simulate emergency situations.

Mots clés: motorcycle dynamics; experimental tests; numerical modelling; multibody simulation; Power Two Wheeler

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Laura Costa, Christophe Perrin, Maxime Dubois-Lounis, Thierry Serre, Nacer K M'Sirdi. Modeling of the Powered Two-Wheeler dynamic behavior for emergency situations analysis. 16th International Con¬ference Vehicle System Dynamics, Identification and Anomalies ; VSDIA 2018, November 5 - 7, 2018, Nov 2018, Budapest,, Hungary. ⟨hal-02072140⟩