Whole body vibration and rider comfort determination of an electric two-wheeler test rig

Background Two-wheeled vehicles are the major mode of transportation in India. Such vehicles are exposed to excessive vibration on the road when compared to four-wheeled vehicles. However, the research on the reduction of whole body vibration in the case of two-wheelers is not explored in detail. The present study predicts rider comfort in the case of an electric two-wheeler as per ISO 2631-1, by obtaining the finding the weighted acceleration at the strategic locations of vibration at the test rig. Methods An electric two-wheeler test rig is used in the study. The values of acceleration from the test rig in running conditions are obtained by using NI LabVIEW 2019. The drive cycle of the electric vehicle (EV) test rig is controlled by Sync sols’ EV lab software. Obtaining the weighted root mean square (RMS) acceleration from running the test setup, it is compared with the ISO 2631-1 standard to obtain the rider comfort. Results Loading area, traction motor, base mount, and suspension were found to be the strategic points of vibration. Frequency weighted RMS acceleration of 0.3 to 0.4 m/s 2 obtained at these points are prone to cause discomfort for the rider. Vehicle speed, road profile, and duration of exposure were found to be important parameters affecting the rider’s comfort. A maximum of 4.6 m/s 2 amplitude was observed. The loading area, which corresponds to a rider’s seat in actual vehicle, is important and reduction of these vibrations make the ride comfortable for the rider. Suspension and base mount of the test rig are found to be uncomfortable observing the weighted RMS acceleration. Conclusions A suitable damping technique design is very much essential in reducing these vibrations and improve the rider comfort, as many more non-deterministic vibrations are prone to cause dis-comfort in case of actual on road riding conditions.


Introduction
In India, the major mode of transportation is two-wheeled vehicles. 1About 15 million two-wheeled vehicles were sold in India over the last 10 years on yearly basis. 2 Professionals like the food and goods delivery partners, low-wage employees, and post-delivery persons mainly use two-wheelers for their daily transportation. 3Two-wheeled vehicles, owing to limited size and mass are prone to vibration when compared to four-wheeled vehicles. 4Whole-body vibration (WBV) mainly affects these people who are in continuous exposure to noise and vibration throughout the day. 5,6Truck drivers, drill operators, heavy machinery workers, and forklift drivers are the victims of these vibrations. 7High risks of lower back pain, motion sickness, and digestive system problems have been reported due to WBV when exposed for a longer period. 8,9e whole body vibration of the vehicle is dangerous not only to the rider but also to the vehicle as well. 10In a vehicle exposed to different terrain conditions, the driving scenario is subjected to vibration, and these are transmitted to the human body through the seat, handlebar, and footrest in the case of two-wheelers. 11These vibrations transferred to the human body cause different health issues in long run. 12,13[16][17] A vehicle's comfort is influenced by many factors such as the seat design, 18 driving posture 19 and environmental factors, 20 road condition, and suspension system to name a few.In a two-wheeler, the rider's comfort plays a very important role, as the rider has continuous exposure to these influencing factors.Both the static and dynamic condition of the vehicle are important in predicting the rider's comfort. 21Different kinds of shock absorbers, 22 and damping techniques 23 play a vital role in improving the rider's comfort.Two-wheelers especially in the Indian scenario are very much subjected to vibration due to the condition of roads even in the cities. 24 The comfort level is greatly influenced by potholes, humps, cracks, and riding speed, and some study work has assisted in recognizing the potholes for safe driving. 25e measurement of whole-body vibration in terms of human health and comfort, perception probabilities, and motion sickness occurrence is studied with the help of ISO 2631-1 standard. 26It provides guidance on measurement techniques for periodic, random, and transient whole-body vibrations. 27By getting the Frequency Response Function (FRF) at critical vibrational points, variable acceleration values at multiple spots were identified.The rider's comfort depends on these values of acceleration.The higher the value of acceleration lowers the rider's comfort.ISO 2631-1 standard provides different levels of comfort faced by riders depending on the acceleration values.Table 1 gives the detailed classification of the rider's comfort level as per ISO 2631-1.
The present study involves finding the strategic locations of vibration and evaluation of rider comfort on an electric twowheeler (E2W) test rig.Different points at the test rig are evaluated for their acceleration values in different running conditions.The points (locations on the body of test rig) at which the amplitude of vibration is higher than other locations are considered strategic points of vibration.The vibration at the strategic points is high enough to cause discomfort to the

REVISED Amendments from Version 3
The manuscript has been updated with some changes in figures, which further enhances the importance of the study of vibration in two-wheelers.
Corrections have been made as per reviewers suggestions.
Any further responses from the reviewers can be found at the end of the article rider.The impact hammer test 28 is conducted using the PCB (Pico Coulomb) Piezotronics made impact hammer of sensitivity 10.1 mV/g and data acquisition by using NI LabVIEW.

Development of state space model
The electric two-wheeler test rig is modeled as a state space model for finding the state space equations as shown in equation 1 and 2. Performing the impact hammer test on the setup, the natural frequencies are obtained.The details of the work carried out are discussed in this section.

Test setup
The test setup is an electric vehicle two-wheeler test rig, which uses a 1.5 kW, brushless direct current (BLDC) traction motor powered by a 25AH LiFePO 4 battery.Figure 1 shows the photograph of different parts of the Electric two-wheeler (E2W) test rig (components sourced from Artis Technologies) and Table 2 gives the nomenclature.
Using the laboratory's setup, the E2W test rig is modeled as state space model. 29However, to build a similar model, two considerations were made, which are briefly discussed here.The first thing to consider is the cylindrical steel roller of approximately 40 mm diameter and 200 mm in length beneath the test rig's wheel is used to simulate a real-life road surface.The roller used is a hard plastic material in this case, however, unlike the road and wheel, the roller causes a small vertical displacement to the wheel.As a consequence, the vertical displacement of the roller concerning the vertical displacement of sprung and un-sprung masses is estimated to be near zero or zero. 28,30The second subject of consideration concerns the sprung and un-sprung masses.Sprung mass is the percentage of the vehicle's overall mass that is supported by the suspension.Un-sprung mass refers to the mass of the suspension, wheels, and other components that are directly connected to them.This implies that a vehicle's sprung mass is typically the vehicle's kerb weight, the weight of the driver, and in certain cases, the weight of the engine. 31A state space model of the E2W test rig is shown in Figure 2. 32 The model nomenclature is indicated in Table 3.The acceleration values are measured by the PCB Piezotronics made accelerometers of 101.1 mV/g sensitivity and data acquisition is carried out through National Instrument's LabVIEW software.(MyOpenLab is an open source alternative that can carry out a similar function).Three trials were conducted and the average values are considered for analysis.
The free body and Laplace equations of the state space model derived are as indicated below in equations 1, 2 and 3, 4 respectively: Laplace equations Figure 2 shows the state space model of the E2W test rig and the corresponding notations as indicated in the figure .Here, the governing system equation of the test rig (1 & 2) are derived to get the Laplace equations (3 & 4).
Figure 3 shows the magnitude vs frequency plots of the impact hammer test conducted on the E2W test rig.The plot obtained from the NI LabVIEW, 2019 33 shows the natural frequency of the test rig as obtained at two strategic points on the test rig as shown in Figure 3.The peaks in the graphs indicated the natural frequency of the rig.The average of the natural frequency obtained is shown in Table 4.

Obtaining acceleration using LabVIEW
National Instruments' LabVIEW 2019 (64-bit) software is used to extract the acceleration values through accelerometers along with conversion of raw acceleration values into RMS acceleration.Some open software like 'MyOpenLab' or PyLab_Works can be used for data acquisition as well.Fast Fourier transform (FFT) 34 is used to obtain the root mean square (RMS) acceleration values at the strategic locations.Using LabVIEW, the RMS acceleration is obtained using spectral analysis provided in the software.The frequency response functions (FRF) are obtained from the software.The values are then converted to frequency weighted RMS acceleration as per ISO 2631-1 standard.The acceleration in z-axis is considered and 'wk' weighting factor is considered.
The test setup is tested under different loading conditions such as kerb load, 5 kg load, and 10 kg load.This type of loading makes a machine or a material get stiffer as the load increases. 35PCB Piezotronics made accelerometers are mounted at four strategic locations of vibration as indicated in Figure 1; the loading area, traction motor, suspension and the base mount of the rig.RMS acceleration, at these strategic locations, is recorded using LabVIEW programming.These values are then sorted using MS Excel to find the peak values at each interval and graphs are plotted to show the RMS acceleration vs frequency characteristics as shown in Figure 5.
No load condition of the electric two-wheeler test rig is conducted without adding any payload.This condition reveals the strategic location of the test rig and allows identifying the major vibration amplitude regions.Adding payload of 5 kg and 10 kg the mechanical vibration characteristics of the test rig changes showing different vibration patterns.This pattern of vibrations is studied in order to obtain the dangerous frequencies and amplitudes.Strategic locations especially the loading area, corresponds to rider's seat in an actual two-wheeler and hence ISO 2631-1 standard is compared in this study.

Drive cycle
The drive cycle used for the study is shown in Figure 4. Different scenarios like idling, acceleration, steady speed, and deceleration are shown in the graph.The drive cycle runs each of these scenarios for a particular time duration.The cycle begins with a preparation speed-up period of 5 seconds, followed by 20 seconds of idling, 18 seconds of acceleration, and 2 seconds of steady speed.The cycle then decelerates for the next 11 seconds, a combination of acceleration and steady speed for the next 7 seconds, decelerates for the next 30 seconds, idles for the next 11 seconds, and ends with 3 seconds of halting.The values of acceleration are recorded at the strategic locations during this cycle.

Results and discussion
In this study, major strategic locations of vibrations in an electric two-wheeler test rig are found.The vibration response from the strategic locations indicates the rider's comfort through weighted RMS acceleration values.As compared to ISO 2631-1, the results obtained are discussed in detail in this section.
Observing, the weighted acceleration at the loading area as well as suspension as shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7 it is noted that, the acceleration response at the loading area is near to the uncomfortable acceleration as guided by ISO 2631-1 standard as shown in Table 1.Upon loading of 5 kg the vibration amplitudes increased by about 5.8% and 2.2% at loading area and suspension respectively.This increase is observed due to the change in loading condition and stiffness as shown in the state space model.However, upon loading 10 kg the response measured indicates slightly lesser vibration characteristics showing about 4.3% and 3% at loading area and suspension respectively.
At the traction motor as well as base mount of the test rig it can be observed from Figures 5, 6 and 7 that, the vibration decreased upon increasing the load from no load to 5 kg and further to 10 kg.About 7.27% and 8.91% of weighted acceleration was decreased by the addition of 5 kg and about 11.1% and 18.93% decrement in weighted acceleration is observed when 10 kg loading is added to the system at traction motor and base mount of the rig respectively.This clearly signifies the mass damping phenomenon in the system when the loads are added.
With reference to Table 1, Figure 8 shows the weighted acceleration comparison at different strategic locations of vibrations in the electric two-wheeler test rig.Observing the rms acceleration at the loading area it shows ~0.29 m/s 2 of maximum RMS acceleration.This shows that this location is very close to the uncomfortable region with reference to ISO 2631-1 standard.However, at the traction motor, suspension, and base mount, the rms acceleration values indicate them to be under uncomfortable region.Here uncomfortable region indicates that, these vibrations are prone to cause discomfort for the rider when an actual two-wheeler is considered.Hence, these vibrations need to be addressed with proper damping systems to enhance the rider's comfort.
Another important criterion to be considered to evaluate the rider's comfort are the excitation frequencies.ISO 2631-1 standard focusses on the frequencies from 0.5 Hz to 80 Hz in evaluating the WBV and human comfort.In this regard, Figure 9 shows the excitation frequencies in the E2W test rig.These frequencies observed are well under the ISO criterion and it is observed to affect the rider's comfort.From the Figure 9 it can be seen that, Loading area which corresponds to the     Observing different strategic locations i.e., loading area, traction motor, suspension, and base mount of the test rig, the vibrations generated at these key points affect the rider's comfort.Comparing the weighted acceleration values with the ISO 2631-1 standard, the vibrations generated are found to be at uncomfortable region at the key locations of the test rig.The addition of weights to the system showed a decrement in vibration levels which is due to the phenomenon of mass damping.Further, exciting frequencies at the test rig shows several frequency components that affect the rider's comfort.Hence, a suitable damping treatment is always essential to reduce these affects on the human body.
However, as the speed increases, the vibration intensity increased as well.This is due to the wheels running on the roller support, which simulates an actual road scenario.Hence, it can be concluded that in the actual driving scenario of a twowheeler the vibration increases as the speed of the vehicle is increased.Further, the condition of the road is again an influencing factor, which increases the vibration intensity.
Overall study indicates that the electric two-wheeler is subjected to vibrations is an important area to be considered for further research work and this can be reduced by using suitable damping techniques at the strategic locations of vibrations.
2) Authors should use symbols like "m s " and "m u " for Sprung mass and Unsprung mass, respectively.
3) Specific parameters are missing in Table 3.
4) The method for determining the Root-Mean-Square (RMS) value of acceleration in Figure 8 needs clarification.Which equation?5) The frequency range used is not appropriate for ISO 2631-1 evaluation.It is crucial to analyze the low-frequency range from 1-15Hz, particularly the frequency band sensitive to human perception, which lies between 4-8Hz.This adjustment would ensure a more accurate assessment of vibration effects on human comfort.6) Equations 1 to 4 on page 6 are presented but not simulated.To enhance content quality, numerical simulations should be conducted alongside experiments.

If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Partly
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?Partly

Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Partly
Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.
Reviewer Expertise: My research interests encompass vehicle dynamics and control, optimal design and control methodologies, as well as active and semi-active control strategies for suspension system.I also specialize in multi-objective optimization techniques, including Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).

I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard.
Reviewer Peter Múčka 1 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 2 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 3 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia Manuscript was partially improved but several comments were ignored.The results do not offer any substantial new results in area of two-wheeled vehicle vibration.

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Reviewer did not consider this paper to be the contribution to the topic of two-wheeled vehicles comfort.

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All presented results or dependences are known (sprung mass increase influence on vibration).

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The comparison with ISO 2631-1 reaction levels is inappropriate because the ISO 2631-1 uses frequency-weighted acceleration.
○ Typical natural frequencies of suspended quarter-car model are about 1 Hz for sprung mass and 10 Hz for unsprung mass.
The important frequency range in ISO 2631-1 is up to 80 Hz.

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The article lacks the discussion of natural frequencies of the test rig and its influence on tested vehicle vibration with the published literature.

Specific comments:
Page 4 "The electric two-wheeler test rig is modeled as a state space model for finding its natural frequencies."COMMENT: Natural frequencies of measuring system were identified experimentally by impact hammer.The connection between quarter-car model (Fig. 2) parameters and identified natural frequencies was not presented.
Page 7 -Fig.3 COMMENT: Add the dimension to the Magnitude.
Page 8 "Hence, comparing these values with ISO 2631 as given in table 1, the comfort category has moved to comfortable region from extremely uncomfortable region after loading."… "As compared to ISO 2631, the results obtained are discussed in detail in this section."COMMENT: As it was stated in first review, it is not appropriate to compare the frequencyweighted specified in ISO 2631-1 and unweighted acceleration values.
Page 9 -Fig.6 COMMENT: Using 6 decimal points for frequency is superfluous.

If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate? Partly
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?Partly

Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results? Partly
Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.
Reviewer Expertise: Vibration, vehicle dynamics, signal processing I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to state that I do not consider it to be of an acceptable scientific standard, for reasons outlined above.

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Reviewer Reviewer Expertise: Vibration Analysis; Nonlinear Dynamic Structural; Vibration Modal I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard, however I have significant reservations, as outlined above.
Author Response 29 Aug 2023

Satish Shenoy B
are very grateful for the reviewer's comments and all the necessary changes have been incorporated in the manuscript.
Please note all the comments are addressed in the paper and highlighted for reference.The academic merit of the work is low.

Le Van
The novelty of the work is limited.This is the report from vibration measurement.
Details of methods and analysis provided do not allow replication by others.The interpretation of results is confused (the measured values are not comparable in principle with ISO 2631-1 comfort reaction levels).
In my opinion the work does not offer the novel or important results.
General comments: 1. ISO 2631-1 does not specify impact hammer test approach.Please clarify.
2. Page 3 -Methods COMMENT: State-space representation is a mathematical model of a physical system related by first-order (not involving second derivatives) differential equations.The used quarter-car model (Fig. 2) for two-wheeler test rig is described by differential equations involving second derivative.Clarify.
3. Authors measured the acceleration at two-wheeled test rig.It is not clear why the quarter-car model (Fig. 2), equations of motions (1-4) and

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Figure 2 .
Figure 2. Model of the E2W test rig.

Figure 3 .
Figure 3. Impact hammer test on E2W test rig (a,b,c,d -Loading area-left back, right back, left front, right front), (e,f,g,h -Base mountleft back, right back, left front, right front).

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Figure 6.RMS accelerations at the strategic locations (a) loading area, b) traction motor, c) suspension, d) base mount) at 5 kg loading.

Figure 5 .Figure 7 .
Figure 5. RMS Acceleration at the strategic locations (a) loading area, b) traction motor, c) suspension, d) base mount) at no load condition.

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Figure 8.Comparison of weighted acceleration at strategic locations of the test rig.

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Report 30 January 2024 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.160573.r236174© 2024 Múčka P.This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Peter Múčka 1 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia 2 Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia Manuscript was partially improved.I consider the scientific level or contribution of the results to be still limited.The article is more of a measurement report than a scientific article.The influence of the mass change on the vibration of the quarter-car model is well known.Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?Partly Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?Partly Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?Partly If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?Partly Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?Partly Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?Partly Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.Reviewer Expertise: Vibration, vehicle dynamics, signal processing I confirm that I have read this submission and believe that I have an appropriate level of expertise to confirm that it is of an acceptable scientific standard.Version Report 03 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.155303.r209188© 2023 Múčka P.This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Report 16 August 2023 https://doi.org/10.5256/f1000research.143915.r187825© 2023 Quynh L. This is an open access peer review report distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Le Van Quynh 1 Automotive and Power Machinery Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam 2 Automotive and Power Machinery Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam 3 Automotive and Power Machinery Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam 4 Automotive and Power Machinery Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam Thank you for your work and the paper submitted.There is a lot of work presented and I would suggest some revisions to improve the quality of the paper Most of the analysis results, the authors only reconstructed considering the value analysis on the time domain based on ISO 2631-1 standard, but did not analyze the frequency domain, especially the low frequency domain.Therefore, the goal of smooth analysis is not vehicle ride comfort.I advise the authors to correct and add to clarify.The author shows the measuring positions in Fig.1.Eq.(1)-E(4) have not been found to be related to the experimental results, please review? the y axis representation of Fig.5 is the acceleration values, not RMS acceleration values, please review?Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?Partly Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?Partly Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?Partly If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?Partly Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?Partly Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?Partly Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

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Quynh, Automotive and Power Machinery Engineering, Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam General comments: Most of the analysis results, the authors only reconstructed considering the value analysis on the time domain based on ISO 2631-1 standard, but did not analyze the frequency domain, especially the low frequency domain.Therefore, the goal of smooth analysis is not vehicle ride comfort.I advise the authors to correct and add to clarify.○ Answer: The graphs and plots showing frequency domain have been added to the paper (Figure 5) and explained.Page The author shows the measuring positions in Fig.1.All the positions along with strategic locations have been updated in the figure.Page 5: Eq.(1)-E(4) have not been found to be related to the experimental results, please review?○ Answer: Here the equations 1 & 2 are the governing system equations and later derived Laplace equations (3 & 4) represent the state space equations.The detail explanation is again added to the manuscript.the y axis representation of Fig.5 is the acceleration values, not RMS acceleration values, please review?The work is not clearly and accurately presented.It cites the current literature.

Page 5 -Page 5 ,Page 6 ,Page 7 "Page 7 "Table 4 .
Eq. (2) COMMENT: In Eq. (2) the variable x is used for kinematic excitation (vertical excitation of the rolller) but the Fig. 2 used the variable U. Answer: These variables are identified and rectified at both the locations.The roller excitation is indicated as U. Table 2 COMMENT: C (Ns/m) is not damping ratio but damping coefficient.Is this ok?"M1 Un-sprung mass (tyre mass) -(kg)".I assume, the first dof (X1) is the roller mass (undamped) vibration and the second dof (X2) is tyre mass (damped) vibration.Please clarify.Answer: The variable name is identified and rectified.C is damping coefficient.Here X1 is the vertical displacement of mass M1 and X2 is the vertical displacement of Mass M2.Figure 3 COMMENT: The Scheme of Impact hammer test on E2W test rig (cases a) to h) may be visualized.It is not clear what is "loading area" and what is "base mount".Answer: The strategic locations i.e. loading area, traction motor, suspension and base mount are updated in figure 1 in version 2 of the paper.The values of acceleration are recorded at the strategic locations during this cycle."COMMENT: Where are these strategic locations?Clarify.Answer: The strategic locations are as shown in figure 1 (loading area, traction motor, suspension and base mount).Page 7 COMMENT: Add the scheme of location of PCB Piezotronics accelerometers.Answer: Scheme of location of PCB Piezotronics accelerometers are added to the paper and highlighted for reference.Average of natural frequencies."COMMENT: Natural frequencies of what system?Match the natural frequencies to the particular parts of analysed mechanical system.Answer: Here the natural frequencies shown are of the entire electric two-wheeler test rig.The frequency is matched with particular part in version 2 of the paper.

Table 4 .
Average of natural frequencies.

Table 3
Test rig model nomenclature are used in the paper.I did not see any results connected with them.Impact hammer test was conducted in order to check if any operating frequencies co-inside with the natural frequency of the system.Accordingly, one of the natural frequencies (180Hz) was found to near to the natural frequency of the system and the relation has been mentioned and updated in the conclusions.

space representation is a mathematical model of a physical system related by first-order (not involving second derivatives) differential equations. The used quarter-car model (Fig. 2) for two-wheeler test rig is described by differential equations involving second derivative. Clarify. Answer:
Here the equations 1 & 2 are the governing system equations and later derived Laplace equations(3 & 4)represent the state space equations.The detail explanation is again added and updated to the manuscript. 3.

Authors measured the acceleration at two-wheeled test rig. It is not clear why the quarter-car model (Fig. 2), equations of motions (1-4) and Table 3 Test rig model nomenclature are used in the paper. I did not see any results connected with them. Answer:
The equations 1 to 4 are derived to show the system mathematically and this is basic study conducted on the test rig.The research has continued considering an actual vehicle and converting the ICE vehicle to Electric as well.Understanding the quarter car model of the test rig is important in understanding the dynamics of the system. 4.

Page 7 "Obtaining acceleration using LabVIEW" COMMENT: This approach should be connected and explained with definitions in ISO 2631-1. Where is the measuring point? ISO 2631-1 specified the likely reactions of passengers in public transport. Where is passenger in your case? Answer:
Strategic locations have been indicated and have been updated in the version 2 of the paper.However, ISO 2631 standard is compared in this paper against the RMS acceleration obtained at the strategic locations.As these strategic locations especially the loading area corresponds to the rider's seat in an actual two-wheeler, this standard has been used.Further, this study is continued in an actual two-wheeler considering an actual rider and road interactions.Which is the future scope of the this paper.

5. Page 8 "These values are then compared with the ISO 2631-1 standard to further analyze the rider comfort." COMMENT: ISO 2631-1 is specified for standing, sitting and recumbent persons. ISO 2631 used the frequency-weighted acceleration. Clarify. Answer:
Here ISO 2631 is compared with the RMS acceleration obtained at the strategic locations of vibration.As these strategic locations especially the loading area corresponds to the rider's seat in an actual two-wheeler, this standard has been used.

Comparison of measured acceleration values at the test rig with comfort level criteria based on frequency-weighted acceleration measured at sitting, standing or recumbent persons is not correct. Answer:
Frequency weightings not considered in this paper.This paper only compares the RMS acceleration to determine the peak amplitudes in the test rig.Frequency weightings and calculations of Vibration dose value is the future scope of this paper.

The results are not compared with observations and results of other authors. What is the impact of such results? Answer:
We have not come across such results from literatures.These results taken from accelerometers in an electric two-wheeler test rig and these results are unique.

"By getting the Frequency Response Function (FRF) at critical vibrational points, variable acceleration values at multiple spots were identified" COMMENT: ISO 2631-1 did not specify this approach for acceleration identification. Clarify. Answer:
Conducting FRF is a process conducted using NI's LabVIEW software.This is conducted in order to convert the raw acceleration obtained to RMS acceleration at the strategic locations.Obtaining RMS acceleration, later these values are compared with ISO 2631 as mentioned in the standard.ISO 2631 specifies comfort categories based on RMS acceleration, and only this part of the standard is being compared with the results obtained.

"Table 1 gives the detailed classification of the rider's comfort level as per ISO 2631-1." COMMENT: Specify how acceleration was estimated in line with ISO 2631-1: 1997. Annex C.2.3 Comfort reactions to vibration environments in ISO 2631-1 specified magnitudes of overall vibration total values. Answer:
These have been added in the version 2 adding RMS accelerations which signifies the overall vibration total values as specified by the standard.