Road to Future Testing Lies in Simulation: 'Flat Trac' Provides Accuracy,Control, Reduced Costs

摘要

Engineers at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) currently are planning toadopt and expand upon a vehicle simulation concept used in the automotive industry. This effort will further enhance the ATC standing as a leader in the automotive testing arena. Greg A. Schultz, chief of ATC's Instrumentation Applications Branch, says that ATC is studying the innovative design of MTS Systems Corporation, a Minnesota-based engineering firm. MTS engineers are pioneers in development of hardware in the loop simulations for commercial automobiles. MTS uses the Flat Trac-R Roadway Simulator, a technology which may enable testing of the largest military trucks, allowing many of the tests performed on the proving ground test tracks to be performed under the controlled conditions of the laboratory.