Cooperation will extend the functionality and applicability of CDTire software.
Leuven, Belgium/Darmstadt, Germany – LMS, the engineering innovation company, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability, Fraunhofer LBF, have signed a strategic partnership agreement to accelerate the development of advanced tire simulation solutions. These solutions extend the functionality and applicability of the CDTire software to accurately predict road inputs for vehicle development across car, truck, motorcycle and off-road applications. Combined with LMS’ 3D and 1D system modeling and simulation software, LMS Virtual.Lab and LMS Imagine.Lab respectively, CDTire users will be able to frontload realistic performance simulations of their new vehicle designs to master critical brand attributes like comfort, NVH and durability – months before the first prototypes are available.
“We are confident that our combined knowledge and experience, together with Fraunhofer’s proven capability to develop fundamental technology improvements in mechanical system simulation, will allow us to further accelerate the development of tire simulation solutions and obtain even more realistic road load input data to support all stages of vehicle engineering,” commented Prof. Holger Hanselka, Managing Director of Fraunhofer LBF in Darmstadt, Germany.
“The automotive industry is looking for advanced solutions in tire modeling and simulation to frontload road input predictions into new car designs. Our partnership with Fraunhofer LBF will allow us to further expand the CDTire software. Together with our complete portfolio of functional performance simulation applications, this solution will enable the automotive industry to optimize new vehicle structures, including the optimization of controller settings in active vehicle systems,” added Dr. Jan Leuridan, CTO, LMS International.
The new solutions for tire modeling and simulation will be based on LMS’ CDTire product. As part of the agreement, Fraunhofer has taken over the rights and responsibility for CDTire and will further develop and enhance this industry-proven technology. This includes extensions to accurately simulate innovations in recent tire technology, like the introduction of run-flat tires and extremely low-aspect-ratio tires, as well as breakthrough technology for real-time tire simulation to support Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) engineering. Additionally, the tire modeling and simulation technology will be expanded to include motorcycle, agricultural, construction and commercial vehicle tires. Using the latest tire testing techniques as well as underlying parameterization algorithms, Fraunhofer LBF will develop new methods to increase productivity in regards to the necessary tire parameter identification and model validation. LMS International will continue to globally market and offer the next-generation CDTire solutions, embedded in its LMS Virtual.Lab and LMS Imagine.Lab product suites.
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