Multibody dynamic simulation of military vehicles for stability, safety, mobility, and load prediction

摘要

Multibody simulation has proven to be a valuable and reliable part of the military, agricultural, and construction vehicle design and engineering process. The extensive validation done on previous projects has lead to confidence in using simulation early in the design process to compliment traditional test and prototype development methods. Simulation also offers many benefits in cases where it is too costly to build prototypes or too dangerous to do physical tests. Military, Ag, and construction vehicles also experience much more dramatic loads than passenger cars and trucks so the benefits of predictive multibody simulation are even more important. The role of simulation also continues to grow in scope and importance as new product development time becomes even more compressed.