Cycle mobility : a step towards efficiency and sustainability


Quandyga Engineering offers its expertise and physics-based digital twins to solve problems related to motion dynamics. Our solutions are particularly well suited to micromobility applications (bicycles, cargo bikes, trailers) at various stages (see below), for actors such as cycle manufacturers, component suppliers, cyclo-logisticians, etc.

The benefits of modeling can be manifold and operated at many stages: optimization of R&D, reduction of prototyping costs and resources, device parameterization and reliability, etc.

DicyTrailers project


Project introduction

Virtual testing for homologation

Real-life test cases

Cycles: how dynamic are you?


Urgent need for more environmentally friendly transport vehicles is leading to the developments of new cycles: cargo bikes, electrified trailer, etc. Innovative and ingenious morphologies are being designed everyday.

But what about their dynamics, i.e. their behavior on the road? What about stability, energy consumption, handling skills, ergonomics, ...?

At Quandyga, we offer simulation tools to optimize and secure your cycles and your road infrastructures. We help you to create safer and greener cycling mobility!

Illustrative simulations for various cargo loadings


Load at back

No load

Load at front

Trailer: no load

Trailer: medium load

Trailer: high load

Bicycle: speed bump

Bicycle: slopes

Bicycle: uneven ground

What do we offer?


Many outcomes are possible! For instance, we studied a bike in which a 30kg load is placed on the front or back. The graphs clearly show how the load affects the bike handling, leading more instabilities and requiring more attention from the driver.

The use of simulations makes it possible to study various bikes or trailer topologies. Furthermore, it allows the selection of the most suitable and safe ones at an early stage of the design process.

Expertise in bicycle dynamics


Bicycle dynamics holds no secrets for Quandyga.

Thanks to our expertise in the multibody simulation technology, we are able to tackle all kinds of bike shapes and designs.

Our multibody software Robotran and our advanced simulation tools have been tested and validated experimentally.

Solutions


▪ Geometry optimisation

▪ Virtual prototyping

▪ Control design

▪ Mass distribution

Added values


▪ Safety and stability

▪ Ergonomics

▪ Energy saving

▪ Design cost reduction

Our expertise stems from more than 30 years of scientific research about computer simulation and experimental validation


Experiment

Simulation

Working with bicycle, cargo bike, ...? Contact-us!


info@quandyga.com

Chemin du Cyclotron, 6
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgique