David E. H. Jones
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David Edward Hugh Jones was a British chemist and writer, who - under the pen name Daedalus - was the fictional inventor for DREADCO. Jones' columns as Daedalus were published for 38 years, starting w
Jones inspects the container for his chemical garden which NASA flew into space
Bicycle and motorcycle dynamics is the science of the motion of bicycles and motorcycles and their components, due to the forces acting on them. Dynamics falls under a branch of physics known as class
David E. H. Jones
…was an early proposer of a space elevator (1964) and of archaeoacoustics (1969). Beyond Daedalus, in scientific circles he is known for his study of bicycle stability, his determination of arsenic in Napoleon's wallpaper, and for having designed and flown on the Space Shuttle a microgravity experiment to grow a…
A computer-generated, simplified model of bike and rider demonstrating an uncontrolled right turn.
Bicycles leaning in a turn.
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External forces on a bike and rider leaning in a turn: Weight in green, drag in blue, vertical ground reaction in red, net propulsive and rolling resistance in yellow, friction in response to turn in orange, and net torques on front wheel in magenta