All six of the Bicycle Lab's submissions to the 2023 Bicycle and Motorcycle Dynamics conference were accepted. We have had a very productive past year and are excited to show off some of the research. You can read the abstracts and the scientific committee's reviews on Orvium.

MSc student Timo Stienstra will present about his new bicycle and rider modeling software package:

Stienstra, T., Brockie, S. & Moore, J. (2023). BRiM: A Modular and Extensible Open-Source Framework for Creating Bicycle-Rider Models. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fdfcdc01e65b9d95005943

MSc student Floris van Willigen will present about his handling measurements of our new tilting tricycle:

Dressel, A., van Willigen, F. & Moore, J. (2023). Evaluating the handling of a tilting tricycle with variable stability. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fe2e2127799c0b2d1600b8

PhD student Christoph Schmidt will introduce his work modelling bicycle dynamics and control in a traffic environment:

Schmidt, C., Dabiri, A., Schulte, F., Happee, R. & Moore, J. (2023). Essential Bicycle Dynamics for Microscopic Traffic Simulation: An Example Using the Social Force Model. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fe3f96e46cae666e6d2463

PhD student Gabriele Dell'Orto will present the tire measurements of a small bicycle tire used for the front wheel of many bakfiets:

Dell'Orto, G., Ballo, F. & Mastinu, G. (2023). Indoor measurement of the lateral characteristics of a cargo bicycle tyre. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fb250be96b4c5fc016a363

Gabriele also contributed to the following abstract. In cooperation with University of Naples, he is interested in developing a thermal model for bicycle tires.

Farroni, F., Napolitano Dell'Annunziata, G., Ruffini, M., Dell'Orto, G. & Mastinu, G. (2023). Thermal model for bicycle tire internal temperature evaluation in various contact conditions. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fe327a6cf80479c0db7f83

(Past) Postdoc Andrew Dressel will present on the design of our new tilting tricycle:

Dressel, A. & Moore, J. (2023). Adapting a variable stability mechanism for a tilting tricycle from the delta to the tadpole wheel configuration. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63fe2c902f198c184a58ee9b

Lastly, I will present on our work developing an automatically stabilized bakfiets:

Moore, J., Koshy Cherian, J., Andersson, B., Lee, O. & Ranheim, A. (2023). Modeling and Implementation of a Reaction Wheel Stabilization System for Low Speed Balance of a Cargo Bicycle. The Evolving Scholar - BMD 2023, 5th Edition. https://doi.org/10.24404/63ff23b478f53b9c419075b9