Vehicle dynamics with LMS Virtual.Lab Motion

Abstract

LMS Virtual.Lab Motion is a complete and integrated solution to simulate realistic motion and loads of mechanical systems. It permits engineers to quickly analyse and optimize the real-world behavior of the mechanical design, before committing to expensive physical prototype testing. LMS Virtual.Lab Vehicle Motion simulates all types of vehicle ride and handling behavior from passenger cars and motor sport vehicles to multi-axle vehicles like trucks and buses. Through the multi-attribute nature of the LMS Virtual.Lab Solution, different vehicle performances can be balanced and optimized. This allows performing studies for example to improve the road noise while keeping the handling performance untouched. For handling analyses, LMS Virtual.Lab Motion Vehicle includes the possibility to quickly run standardized events. The industry driver ‘IPG-DRIVER’ is integrated in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion, which allows to simulate all the actions a human driver performs while driving a vehicle. The main tire models integrated in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion are the TNO Delft tire models (MF-Tyre and MF–SWIFT) and CDTire. Other tire models can be integrated using the Standard Tire Interface. The interface with Matlab/Simulink and LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim allows the integration of detailed models of electronic as well as hydraulic control systems in order to perform combined simulations to analyze for example the effect of active safety systems on the vehicle dynamics. As such, LMS Virtual.Lab Motion Vehicle provides a complete package to efficiently perform vehicle dynamics studies.