Bicycle Parameters Module

A python program designed to produce and manipulate the basic parameters needed for the Whipple bicycle model.

Dependencies

These are the versions that I tested the code with, but the code will most likely work with older versions.

Required

Optional

These are required to bulid the documentation:

Installation

The easiest method to download and install is with pip:

$ pip install BicycleParameters

There are other options for getting the source code:

Clone the source code with Git: git clone git://github.com/moorepants/BicycleParameters.git
Download the source from Github.
Dowload the source from pypi.

Once you have the source code navigate to the directory and run:

>>> python setup.py install

This will install the software into your system and you should be able to import it with:

>>> import bicycleparameters

Example Code

>>> import bicycleparameters as bp
>>> import numpy as np
>>> rigid = bp.Bicycle('Rigid')
>>> par = rigid.parameters['Benchmark']
>>> rigid.plot_bicycle_geometry()
>>> speeds = np.linspace(0., 10., num=100)
>>> rigid.plot_eigenvalues_vs_speed(speeds)

Documentation

Please refer to the online documentation for more information.

Release Notes

0.2.0

Commands using the state space form of the Whipple model have been reordered to [roll angle, steer angle, roll rate, steer rate]
Added another rider's measurments.
Added a module for printing tables of data.
Added the Gyrobike and the ability to manage it's flywheel rigidbody.
Fixed a bug in calculate_abc_geometry() that gave incorrect geometry values.
Better error checking when putting a rider on the bicycle.
Handles two additional points for the Davis Instrumented Bicycle.
Added a chiled sized person based on scaling Charlie's measurments.
Added Bode plot commands.
Added nominal output options for several methods.
Added a dependency to DynamicistToolKit

0.1.3

Speed increase for the eigenvalue calculations.
Added measurements for the human configuration on some bikes.

0.1.2

Fixed the tex related bug for the pendulum fit plots
Fixed some import bugs affecting the split fork/handlebar calcs

0.1.1

changed the default directory to .
added pip install notes
fixed urls in setup.py and the readme
added version number to the package
removed the human machine classifier
reduced the size of the images in the docs
broke bicycleparameters.py into several modules
updated the documentation

0.1.0

Initial release.

StefenYin/BicycleParameters