CarSim 7.01b
CarSim simulates the dynamic behavior of racecars, passenger
cars, light trucks, and utility vehicles. CarSim animates simulated tests and
outputs over 700 calculated variables to plot and analyze, or export to other
software such as MATLAB, Excel, and optimization tools.
CarSim simulates the
dynamic behavior of racecars, passenger cars, light trucks, and utility
vehicles. CarSim animates simulated tests and outputs over 700 calculated
variables to plot and analyze, or export to other software such as MATLAB,
Excel, and optimization tools.
What If?Use CarSim to design,
develop, test and plan vehicle programs. Make better decisions involving vehicle
dynamics, and spend less time. Use CarSim to prove initial concepts, select
components, and perform advanced analysis of existing vehicles.
Easy to
UseWith CarSim’s modern graphical user interface, you can run a
simulated test, see an animation, or view engineering plots of results with just
one mouse click. With the CarSim Quick Start Guide you will be making new runs
and seeing their results in less than an hour.
Output plots and animations
are obtained with a single button click. Besides being versatile and interactive
analysis tools, the graphics they produce can be easily inserted into reports
and PowerPoint presentations.
The CarSim math models are parametric,
involving measurable properties that are commonly used by OEM"s and supplier
companies. (This is in contrast to esoteric multibody deions used in older
simulation math models.) As a result, CarSim users can usually get results for
new vehicles with minimal time.
AccurateThe CarSim math models are
built on decades of research in characterizing vehicles and reproducing their
behavior with mathematical models. Validation testing continues as new features
are added. OEM users consistently find close agreement between CarSim
predictions and actual test results.
ExtensibleThe CarSim math
models cover the complete vehicle system and its inputs from the driver, ground,
and aerodynamics. The models are extensible using built-in VehicleSim commands,
MATLAB/Simulink from the Mathworks (MATLAB versions 6.5.1 and newer), LabView
from National Instruments, and custom programs written in Visual Basic, C,
MATLAB, and other languages. Use these options to add advanced controllers or
extend the detail in subsystem or component models such as tires, brakes,
powertrain, etc.
FastCarSim combines a complete vehicle math model
with high computational speed. The software development team at Mechanical
Simulation uses the VehicleSim Lisp symbolic multibody program to generate the
equations for the vehicle math models. Besides providing correct nonlinear
equations for fairly complicated models, the machine-generated equations are
highly optimized to provide fast computation.
CarSim models typically run
more than ten times faster than real time on a 3 GHz PC, so you always get
results quickly. CarSim easily supports real-time (RT) testing with hardware in
the loop (HIL) using systems from most RT suppliers. This speed also helps with
software that requires many repetitions (optimization, design-of-experiments,
etc.).
Cost Effective, Stable, ReliableCarSim has all the tools
you need to predict vehicle dynamics behavior in one integrated package, with
the capability of working with other software to extend its capabilities even
further. It combines the accuracy and validation resulting from decades of
research in vehicle dynamics with the ease-of-use associated with modern video
games and Internet browsers.
CarSim includes everything needed to simulate
vehicle tests and view the results, yet it is priced at a fraction of the cost
of other commercial vehicle dynamics software.
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