BicycleParameters 0.1.3

Generates and manipulates the physical parameters of a bicycle.

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

• Python 2.7.1

• Scipy 0.9.0

• Numpy 1.5.1

• Matplotlib 0.99.3

• Uncertainties 1.7.3

• yeadon 0.8

Optional

These are required to bulid the documentation:

• Sphinx

• Numpydoc

Installation

The easiest method to download and install is with pip:

$ pip install BicycleParameters

There are other options for getting the source code:

1. Clone the source code with Git: git clone git://github.com/moorepants/BicycleParameters.git

2. Download the source from Github.

3. 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

0.1.3

• 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.