Nonlinear Dynamics of a Roller Bicycle

    2024, Volume 29, Number 5, pp.  728-750

    Author(s): Bizyaev I. A., Mamaev I. S.

    In this paper we consider the dynamics of a roller bicycle on a horizontal plane. For this bicycle we derive a nonlinear system of equations of motion in a form that allows us to take into account the symmetry of the system in a natural form. We analyze in detail the stability of straight-line motion depending on the parameters of the bicycle. We find numerical evidence that, in addition to stable straight-line motion, the roller bicycle can exhibit other, more complex, trajectories for which the bicycle does not fall.
    Keywords: roller bicycle, nonholonomic system, stability, quasi-velocities, Poincaré map
    Citation: Bizyaev I. A., Mamaev I. S., Nonlinear Dynamics of a Roller Bicycle, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2024, Volume 29, Number 5, pp. 728-750



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