Reliable System Simulation - Virtual Vehicle

High-performance, low-maintenance, energy-saving, smart and environmentally friendly – the requirements for the development of vehicles are manifold.

With its long-term strategic focus on co-simulation, VIRTUAL VEHICLE has developed several unique coupling algorithms to mitigate critical numerical problems in system simulation.

For almost 20 years, VIRTUAL VEHICLE has been supporting the industry in the development of better, safer, and more cost-effective products. To achieve this, leading technology for system simulation and international key patents have been established.

The range of applications is wide and is used, among other things, to reduce setup and configuration time.

Applications

ADAS

New sensor technologies become available and need to be tested before real prototypes are deployed for selected test scenarios.

Rail

By extending physical models with data-driven models based on the experience from real rail operations reliable simulation can contribute to better railway vehicle and infrastructure maintenance and development.

E-Mobility

Battery simulations of e.g. crash behavior, lead to lower operating and development costs, higher range, longer lifetime and increased battery safety. Consequently, virtual vehicle integrations in e-mobility fosters faster market introduction of sustainable mobility.

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Solutions for Reliable System Simulation

Co-Simulation for Entire Vehicle Systems

With its long-term strategic focus on co-simulation, VIRTUAL VEHICLE has developed several unique coupling algorithms to mitigate critical numerical problems in system simulation.

A special type of simulation, the so-called Co-Simulation, has proven to be a useful approach for many tasks:

The complexity of the entire „vehicle“ system is broken down into coupled components. Individual components from different disciplines and development areas (e.g. vehicle dynamics, battery, powertrain or safety) are linked to form a single, interactive simulation model.

DCP: Real-time Co-Simulation Communication Protocol

VIRTUAL VEHICLE also actively initiated and coordinated the development of a specification for an application-neutral distributed real-time cosimulation communication protocol, called DCP.

DCP has the potential to simplify and accelerate development steps by blurring the boundaries between purely virtual and real tests.

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