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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:03:13 +0100
From: "fuchs a. dr." <fuchs(AT)hta-be.bfh.ch>
Subject: [hpv] Winter commuter, velomobile design
In Europe, Velomobile Designers meet at the Velomobile Seminar. The next
one will be in August 1999 in Interlaken, Switzerland, at the same place
and at the same time as the HPV World Championships
(http://www.futurebike.ch).
The special topic of this year will be: Assisted human powered vehicles
Invited key speaker: Allan Abbott
Special guest: The first electric human power transmission
For details on the Seminar and the electric transmission, see the URL's
below, in my signature.
Kind regards - Andreas Fuchs
PS. The contents of the proceedings of the first 3 Velomobile Seminars:
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST TWO EUROPEAN SEMINARS ON VELOMOBILES
(Velomobile: European expression for HPV = Human Powered Vehicle)
Compilation by Andreas Fuchs, Future Bike CH Reviewer, Waldheimstrasse
32, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland. Spring 1995
EUPROC.TXT
PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON VELOMOBILE DESIGN
The Seminar took place July 8th 1993 at the Technical University of
Denmark. Dr. C.G.Rasmussen, the organizer of the seminary, also compiled
and edited the proceedings.
The volume is 135 pages and contains a lot of drawings and b/w fotos.
ISBN 87-984875-0-7.
1995 Price including postage:
CH/DK 45 CHF (Swiss Francs)
Europe 60 CHF
Overseas 70 CHF
or the corresponding amount in DKK (Danish Crowns)
Order from the Danish Cyclist Federation, Roemersgade 7, DK-1362
Copenhagen K, Denmark. Fax +45-33-32-76-83.
Contents:
2 Who is who in this volume? (The authors of the articles below and
their addresses)
5 C.G. Rasmussen: Introduction - a brief historical retrospect (About
the history of velomobiles)
12 Vytas Dovydenas: Velomobiles (The main characteristics of
velomobiles)
20 Peter Ernst: Opportunities between Michaulines and Limousines (About
todays and tomorrows transportation system and some vehicles for the
future)
42 Werner Stiffel: HPV - Verkehrsmittel der Zukunft (Practical vehicles
and their characteristics)
50 Andreas Fuchs: Towards the understanding of (dynamic) stability of
velomobiles: The forces, their distributions and associated torques
(Crosswindstability of faired vehicles)
86 W. Rohmert und S. Gloger: The test-vehicle MULTILAB and it's new
front-wheel geometry (less interference of heels and front wheel)
95 W. Rohmert und S. Gloger: Passive security of HPVs (selfexplaining
title!)
101 C.G. Rasmussen: Fit for survival - in a velomobile (Velomobiles in
mixed traffic and experiences during the first ten years with Leitra)
108 Soeren Bendtsen: Design for fun (How a professional designer looks
at the design process of velomobiles)
116 Thomas Senkel: Plea for a good tyre (Measurements of rolling
resistance of some common tires)
124 Andrej Detela: After a century of explosions (A new type of electric
motor that could be used directly in hubs)
127 Michael Kutter: Velocity - Elektrounterstützung für Velomobile
(Mixing of electric and human power at any ratio)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON VELOMOBILES "SAFETY AND
DESIGN"
The Second European Seminar on Velomobiles took place August 25, 1994 on
Laupen castle, near Bern, Switzerland, and preceeded the European HPV
Championships 1994, August 26 to 28, also at Laupen. The proceedings are
published by Future Bike CH, Switzerland, a section of the IHPVA. They
are available since August 25, 1994.
Most papers are in englisch, a few are in german. There are abstracts in
the complementary language.
The proceedings contain a lot of black and white drawings and photos.
Paperback, size A4, 200 pages. ISBN 3-9520694-0-X
1995 Prices: See above
Orders should be directed to: Juerg Hoelzle, Secretary of Future Bike
CH, Spitzackerstrasse 9, CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland
Contents:
7 Who is who
12 Abstracts in the complementary language
SAFETY
21 Theo Schmidt: What is HPV Safety?
28 David Gordon Wilson: What safety measures are needed for HPVs?
34 Felix Walz: Velounfaelle aus der Sicht des Unfallforschers (Bicycle
Accidents as seen by the Safety Researcher)
38 Andreas Fuchs: The Velomobile-Safety-Test at the European HPV
Championships 1994 at Laupen, Switzerland
53 Leonard M. Brunkalla: Safety ... Crashing ... and related debris
57 W. Rohmert, S. Gloger, M. Heintze: Evaluation of the Handling
Characteristics of a HPV with a mirror-symmetric Front-Wheel Geometry
70 W. Rohmert, S. Gloger, C. Kern: Impact of Suspensions on Recumbent
Bicycles
77 Theo Schmidt: Subjective Speed as a Major Safety Factor
DESIGN
84 Daniel B. Iranyi: Bare Necessity - Design for HPVs
85 Jim Kor: Solos Personal Transit - a transportation system on tracks
102 Michael Gronau und Markus Hampe: Projekt MOVEO: ein neuer Entwurf
fuer ein alltagstaugliches, vollverkleidetes Liegedreirad (Project
MOVEO: a Novel Design of a Fully-Faired Recumbent Tricycle for Everyday
Use)
114 W. Rohmert, S. Gloger: The Future of Velomobiles - Design-concepts
for individual necessities
123 W. Rohmert, S. Gloger: Typical Design-problems of Velomobiles -
Solutions for the DESIRA-2
129 Carl Georg Rasmussen: Characteristics of a Practical Velomobile
Fairing
137 Gerhart Rinne und Paul Wollschlaeger: MUFA II - Design and
Construction of a High Speed Velomobile
DIVERSE SUBJECTS
153 Juergen Eick: Being mobile without a Car: five years of everyday
live and holidays with the Human Powered Vehicle
163 Vytautas Dovydenas: The draft of the Biotransport Law of the
Lithuanian Republic
167 W. Rohmert, S. Gloger: Examples for the psychology behind the
physics of Velomobiles
172 Gottfried Graupner: Verschiedene Sichtweisen auf Mensch und
Velomobil (Different views on human beings and velomobiles)
177 Juergen Schnieders, Thomas Senkel: Recumbents with rear wheel
steering
183 Joachim Franke: HPV Activities at a Secondary School Centre in
Bremen, Germany
193 Leonard M. Brunkalla: Hot Ideas need Cool Heads
APPENDIX
196 First Velomobile Seminar 1993, Denmark: Contents of the Proceedings
197 The Seminar Committee's Reading List
200 Electronic Information Systems (Internet)
PROCEEDINGS of the THIRD EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON VELOMOBILE DESIGN
The Seminar took place August 5th 1998 at Roskilde Technical School. Dr.
C.G.Rasmussen, the organizer of the seminary, also compiled and edited
the proceedings.
The volume is 236 pages and contains a lot of drawings and b/w fotos.
ISBN 87-987188-0-0.
1998 Price including postage:
CH/DK 45 CHF (Swiss Francs)
Europe 60 CHF
Overseas 70 CHF
or the corresponding amount in DKK (Danish Crowns)
Order from the Danish Cyclist Federation, Roemersgade 7, DK-1362
Copenhagen K, Denmark. Fax +45-33-32-76-83.
Contents:
4 Who is who in this volume?
13 Vytas Dovydenas: Biotransport and ‘Green Towns’ of Europe
16 Carl Etnier and John C. Snyder: Issues in Pedicab Design
34 Jürgen Eick: The Everyday Velomobile: Who uses it and who could use
it?
43 Joachim Fuchs: Velomobile - a missing Link in Traffic
49 Philip Hwang, U.S. Laxman Nayak and Roger Newport: Human-Powered
Vehicles for Third-Agers as a Mode of Local Transport
60 Per Lindhardt: A Simple Trike with a Roof - for Elderly People in
Denmark
68 David Gordon Wilson: The Design of Advanced Human-Powered
Vehicles/Velomobiles and Product-Liability Litigation: Can they Co-exist
in the Light of Apparently Outrageous US Cases?
75 Johannes Lund: The Danish Bicycle Design Competition 1996
81 Timothy A. Taylor and Kevin Blake: Designing a Practical Velomobile
for the Next Century
92 Anselm Kiersch: Tuning Velomobiles for Everyday Use
106 Bill Patterson: Single Track Vehicle Dynamics. The Effect of Frame
Geometry on Handling Qualities
126 Ian Sims: Stability of Faired Recumbent Tricycles in Cross Wind
134 Andreas Fuchs: Trim of Aerodynamically Faired Single-Track Vehicles
in Cross Wind
157 Frank Lienhard: Minimizing Aerodynamic Drag of Fully Faired Racing
Recumbents
160 Stefan Gloger and Harald John: Investigation of the Passive Safety
of Ultra Light Vehicles
171 Werner Stiffel: Smallish Recumbents
176 Anders Brage: Line-Go. A Linear Driven HPV Design Family
184 Clemens Bucher: Recumbents with Encapsulated Drive Chain
189 Thomas Senkel: Aluminium im Bau von Leichtfahrzeugen
197 Matthias Wächter, Norbert Zacharias and Falk Riess: Measurement and
Simulation of the Vibrational Stress on Cyclists
212 Carl Georg Rasmussen: Fiber Composites as Shock Absorbers
APPENDIX
224 Binoe and Leikier: The Pilican
226 Niels Holme Larsen: The Nihola-Bike
228 Hans-Peter Barbey: Fortbewegung mit muskelkraftbetriebenen
Fahrzeugen
230 Peter Lis: Lissy II
233 Hans Joergen Pedersen: Recumbents for Children
234 Gregory Tikhiy: The trike ‘G. Thun’
Pedicab Manufacturers in USA and UK
3rd_proc.doc
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O O O O Dr. Andreas Fuchs VOICE: +41 31 335 52 85
'--O Berner Fachhochschule FAX: +41 31 333 06 25
Hochschule fuer Technik und
Architektur Bern, HTA-BE URL: http://www.hta-be.ch/
Morgartenstrasse 2c EMAIL: fuchs(AT)hta-be.ch
CH-3000 Bern 25 (old: fuchs(AT)isbe.ch)
Switzerland
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Electric / automatic transmission for Human Powered Vehicles:
graphic Version for highspeed Internetconnects:
http://www.isbe.ch/~wwwel/elektro/projekte/kraftver/index.graf.d.html
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text Version for lowspeed Internetconnects:
http://www.isbe.ch/~wwwel/elektro/projekte/kraftver/index.text.d.html
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Velomobile Seminar 99 and Human Powered Vehicles World Championships 99
http://www.futurebike.ch
Please direct mail concerning the Velomobile Seminar / Worlds 1999 to :
andreas.fuchs(AT)bluewin.ch Voice / Fax +41-(0)31-301-56-36
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