> it seems to me it should be > mg*l*cos(theta) - (mv^2/r)*l*sin(theta) > and not the contrary. > > Or?
Or not. Sorry, you're right, I messed the axes up. A shame for someone writing "Mechanical calculation engineer" in his signature ;-) So, your calculation seems globally right. Now, your question "If anyone could confirm that the model seems to be realistic/ or correct" is not obvious: I ride my bike everyday to go to work, and if I have a pulse in the steering angle, I correct it with my balance... Not sure 'bout what I'm saying (and I wrote enough silly things yet), but once delta goes back to 0, r is back to infinity (straight movement), so what you should see is the biker falling. -- Christophe Dang Ngoc Chan Mechanical calculation engineer ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error), please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
