Aerodynamic Effects to a Bicycle Caused by a Passing Vehicle Dept. of Transportation Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Industrial Univ. (Japan)

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Kato, Yoshikazu, author.

Conference Name:

International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering (1981-11-16 : Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1981

Summary:

There are many reasons why a bicycle is caused to wobble by a passing vehicle, for example, human engineering factors, riding techniques, the conditions of the road, aerodynamic effects, et ceteraIn this report, aerodynamic effects to a bicycle by a passing vehicle have been investigated experimantally and theoretically. Experiments were made by driving the 1/6-scale vehicle model with a catapult arrangement near the 1/6-scale bicycle model which was at rest.Aerodynamic forces acting on the bicycle model were measured with the aerodynamic balance mounted under the bicycle and the flow patterns around the bicycle caused by the vehicle were examined using visualization techniques.To compare with the experimental results, numerical calculations were carried out on the passing motion of two bodies in an ideal fluid

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Publisher Number:

811425

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