Vehicle performance is the study of the motion of a vehicle. The motion of any vehicle depends upon all the forces and moments that act upon it. These forces and moments, for the most part are caused by interaction of the vehicle with the surrounding medium(s) such as air or water (e.g. fluid static and dynamic forces), gravitational attraction (gravity forces), Earth’s surface (support, ground, or landing gear forces), and on-board energy consuming devices such as rocket, turbojet, piston engine and propellers (propulsion forces). Consequently, in order to fully understand the performance problem, it is necessary to study and, in some way, characterize these interacting forces.
How To Build An Electric Vehicle?
Disruption in the Automotive and Transportation industry is well under way. How we get from Point A to Point B is being reinvented due to increasing urbanization. This is driving the convergence of autonomous, electrification, connectivity and shared transportation systems rapidly. Auto OEMs and suppliers have to develop and execute new business models to prevent becoming obsolete as these mega trends unfold and technology innovation increases exponentially. The race is on for Auto OEM’s and suppliers to transform their business and provide multimodal mobility services for the future of mobility.
Simcenter Simulation: The Key to Make Safe Autonomous Vehicles
As vehicles become more automated with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), development and validation testing conditions need to be defined. Which scenarios should be considered for ADAS and future autonomous vehicles (AVs)? How can a large number of potential driving situations be considered and how can the most critical ones be identified? Can verification and validation (V&V) be managed in a realistic timeframe and at an acceptable cost? This blog post highlights a process applied during vehicle development, and discusses the support Siemens Digital Industries Software and ETS Solutions Asia engineering services team can provide.
NVH Testing for Automotive
NVH, which stands for Noise, Vibration, and Harshness, is the study of the noise and modification vibration characteristics of vehicles and is basically a measure of how much unpleasant aural and tactile feedback the vehicles deliver as you drive. NVH testing enables early recognition of NVH phenomena, which can then be avoided early during the development stage of the powertrain. This later makes driving in the production vehicle more comfortable and serves to avoid complaints and a loss of image.
Acoustic Testing
Acoustic Testing is performed to determine if the material can resist the specified Acoustic environment. It must resist this environment without degradation of its functional performance and/or structural integrity. Acoustic Testing or Acoustic Emission Testing is the measurement of sound emissions radiating from the equipment under test. In other words, how loud is the equipment?
HALT/HASS Testing Guidance
MIL-STD-810 Testing Guideline
MIL-STD-810 standard contains test methods and planning for engineering direction for considering the influences that environmental stresses have on material, products or equipment through every phase of their service life. Used by the U.S. military to test product limits and capabilities that the product will experience throughout its life, MIL-STD-810 testing is also used as a standard for rugged commercial products.
Maximising Battery Life Checklist
Vibration Testing on Shakers
Vibration Testing is one such environmental test critical to the design process. All closed-loop vibration tests, consists of four main components: a vibration controller, an amplifier, a shaker, and a feedback sensor, together, these four components make up a vibration testing system. ETS Solutions Asia instruments vibration controllers control electrodynamic and hydraulic shakers from tabletop to warehouse size systems.
Definition of Reliability and Validity
Reliability and Validity these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably in research and evaluations. Reliability and validity are concepts used to evaluate the quality of research. They indicate how well a method, technique or test measures something. Reliability is about the consistency of a measure, and validity is about the accuracy of a measure.
Finding the longest lasting design faster
The first is a hybrid approach, integrating test and simulation for realistic road-load prediction, even for loads that cannot be measured. And the second is a digital road approach, running a comprehensive virtual model on a digital track when test data is unavailable. Additionally, it considers new emerging technologies, such as composites and additive manufacturing.