Testing - Driving Simulator - vehicle dynamics

Application Field: Testing

virtualy test the vehicle using the same protocols as used in real life on test tracks.
simulate a wide range of tests of road handling on smooth ground with variable grip or on bumpy roads with soft ground.
monitoring any variable as a data acquisition channel.
Extend the tests by reproducing them in a virtual environment. The benefits of a considered modification to the vehicle can be evaluated.
Comparaison of several simulations or data files in order to track the evolution of the simulations and measure the gain.

Test automobile components under conditions close to the real world.
Modelisation of each vehicle component, including those used by the active chassis control.
Replacement a part of the model with your own component.
Postprocessing and analysis can be done in SCANeR^TMstudio or MATLAB/Simulink

improve understanding of factors related to road safety:
- Study the effects of a new portion of road (round about, road layout...),
- Evaluate the interaction between driving conditions and the risk factor (speed, load...),
- Evaluate the impact of electronic stability systems on vehicles,
- Evaluate the interaction between weather conditions and the risk factor on a specific road.

Evaluation usable grip (and other parameters related to the operating conditions of the vehicle) while driving the vehicle, by implementing an onboard dynamics model

Road infrastructure management:
- damage assessment related to heavy truck usage of the road,
- compatibility assessment between the road layout and safety objectives,
- urban development studies.
Deployment of urban vehicles with semi-automatic driving to obtain a high degree of accuracy during approach at the stops, and an excellent level of comfort during operation.
Import of MxRoad data and use digitized maps of the road infrastructure.
Correlation simulations with tests on the road.