Issue 30

N. Petrone et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 30 (2014) 226-236; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.30.29 229 Ch. N° Channel description Name Unit Sensor type 1 Front Fork Tube Right C 01_FFR [Nm] Half bridge strain gage 2 Front Fork Tube Left C 02_FFL [Nm] Half bridge strain gage 3 Front Brake Force C 03_BF [N] Half bridge strain gage 4 Front Fork Stroke C 04_FFstk [mm] Linear Potentiometer (150mm) 5 Front Wheel Accelerometer, Z’ direction C 05_FWaZ [g] Capac. Accelerometer (100g) 6 Front Wheel Accelerometer, X’ direction C 06_FWaX [g] Capac. Accelerometer (100g) 7 Handlebar Left Force Z direction C 07_HLFZ [N] Half bridge strain gage 8 Handlebar Left Force X direction C 08_HLFX [N] Half bridge strain gage 9 Frame (Telaio) bending moment C 09_TBM1 [Nm] Full bridge strain gage 10 Frame (Telaio) upper axial strain C 10_TUA [  e] Full bridge strain gage 11 Frame (Telaio) lower axial strain C 11_TLA [  e] Full bridge strain gage 12 Front Vertical Force on Saddle C 12_SFV [N] Half bridge strain gage 13 Rear Vertical Force on Saddle C 13_SRV [N] Half bridge strain gage 14 Rear Damper Stroke C 14_RDstk [mm] Linear Potentiometer (50mm) 15 Rear Damper Force C 15_RDF [N] Half bridge strain gage 16 Rear Brake Force C 16_BR [N] Half bridge strain gage 17 Rear Wheel Accelerometer Vertical C 17_RWaZ [g] Capac. Accelerometer (100g) 18 Rear Wheel Right Force Z direction C 18_RWRFZ [N] Half bridge strain gage 19 Rear Wheel Right Force X direction C 19_RWRFX [N] Half bridge strain gage 20 Velocity Sensor C 20_Speed [km/h] Native Tmax Inductive sensor 21 Distance C 21_Dist [m] Digital counter Table 1 : list of channels applied to scooter Yamaha TmaxS. (a) (b) (c) Figure 2 : examples of calibration tests on scooter Yamaha TmaxS. (a) Front fork and Frame channels calibration. (b) Handlebar Horizontal calibration. (c) Rear Damper tensile calibration. +FWFN