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Flat-Trac Handling Roadway

Apply driver inputs, longitudinal accelerations, and vertical excitations into complete vehicles or axle sub-systems to assess vehicle dynamics characteristics under a complete spectrum of real-world driving scenarios.  This full-featured roadway also delivers versatility and advanced simulation capabilities needed to set-up, evaluate, and validate ADAS and autonomous vehicle technologies.

  • Handling
  • Advanced Vehicle Dynamics R&D
  • Axle/Suspension Sub-system Characterization
  • Suspension System set-up, tuning, evaluation
  • ADAS/AV Set-up, Tuning, Evaluation, Validation & Certification
  • Energy Consumption
  • Passenger Cars and SUVs
  • Light Trucks
  • Axle-Suspension Subsystem
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KEY PRODUCT FEATURES

Innovative Technology

Flat-Trac moving belts accommodate spinning tires to create real-world vehicle-to-road interface

Versatile

Full-featured programming environment enables replication of all scenarios within a vehicle’s operational design domain

Efficient Accelerated Testing

Lab-based solution shifts functional verification forward in development to streamline final proving ground validation

Unmatched Expertise

Advanced hybrid simulation techniques extend handling roadway utility into the early stages of vehicle design

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

  1. System User Interface
  2. Control Room
  3. Motor & Drive Chiller
  4. Hydraulic Power Unit
  5. Water Bearing Supply
  6. Trackwidth & Wheelbase Positioning System
  7. Seismic Isolation Mass with T-slot Plates
  8. Motor Drive Cabinet
  9. Pit Cover Assembly (Option)
  10. Handling Roadway System Corner (x4)
  11. In-vehicle Driving Robot (Option)
  12. Center of Gravity Restraint (CGR) System

 

Units

Specification

Tire Input Assembly

 

 

Maximum Belt Speed

kph

0.5-220

Maximum Belt Lateral reaction Force

kN

10

Maximum Belt Longitudinal Force

kN

6

Continuous Absorbed Power/Tire

kW

140

Maximum Transient Peak Input Power / Tire

kW

220

Maximum Longitudinal Frequency

Hz

15

Maximum Belt Steer Angle

± deg

15

Maximum Belt Steer Rate

± deg/sec

80

Maximum Vertical Displacement

± mm

75

Maximum Vertical Velocity

± mm/sec

500

Maximum Vertical Acceleration

g

+7, -9

Maximum Vertical Frequency

Hz

30

XY Positioning

 

 

Vehicle Trackwidth Range

mm

1200-2100

Vehicle Wheelbase Range

mm

2000– 3800

Center of Gravity (CG) Restraint

 

 

Restraint Axes

 

Lateral, Longitudinal, Yaw

Input or Free Axes

 

Vertical, Pitch, and Roll

CG Restraint Load Capacity: Fx, Fy

kN

30.0

CG Restraint Downforce / Moment Capacity (max calculated non- simultaneous values at vehicle attachment)

kN

Fz: 11.6 (2.9 x 4 actuators)

Roll Moment

kN-m

3.0

Pitch Moment

kN-m

7.4

CG Height Range

mm

350 to 700 (from road surface)

Body Vertical Displacement

mm

+260 to -380

Body Roll Angle

± deg

6

Body Pitch Angle

± deg

4

 

  • Vehicle Driving Robot
  • Vehicle Bus / ECU Integration
  • Specimen Transducers (force, displacement, temperature, pressure, current, etc)
  • Additional data acquisition capability
    • Facility and peripheral items
    • Vehicle Lift
    • Exhaust Collection System
    • Pit Cover Assembly
    • Cooling fan assembly
  • Underbody or Spindle/Body Vehicle Deflection Measurement
  • Extended Training
  • System Toolkit
  • System Spare Parts
  • More available upon request