Overview of Analyses
Adams Driveline allows you to create virtual prototypes of vehicle
subsystems, and analyze the virtual prototypes much like you would analyze the physical prototypes.
Adams Driveline lets you analyze virtual prototypes of full vehicles. Using Adams Driveline, you can:
■Easily modify the geometry and the properties of the components of your subsystems.
■Select from a standard set of vehicle maneuvers to evaluate the dynamic characteristics of your virtual prototype.
■View the vehicle states and other characteristics through plots.
When setting up an analysis in Adams Driveline, you specify the following:
■The virtual prototype to be tested - You specify the virtual prototype by opening or creating an assembly that contains the appropriate components, or subsystems, that make up the prototype. For example, you create a suspension assembly containing suspension and steering subsystems.
■The kind of Analysis you'd like performed - You specify the test or analysis by selecting one from the Adams Car Simulate menu. There are two major types of analyses: suspension and full-vehicle.
■The analysis inputs to be used - You specify the inputs to the analysis by typing them directly into an analysis dialog box or by selecting a loadcase file that contains the desired inputs from an Adams Car database.
After specifying the prototype assembly and its analysis, Adams Driveline, like your company’s testing department, applies the inputs that you specified and records the results. To understand how your prototype behaved during the analysis, you can plot the results. After viewing the results, you can modify the prototype and analyze it again to see if your modifications improved its behavior.
Each kind of analysis that you perform requires a minimum set of subsystems. For example, a full-vehicle analysis requires front and rear suspension subsystems, front and rear wheel subsystems, one steering subsystem, and one body subsystem. Before you can create an assembly and perform an analysis in Adams Driveline, you must open or create the minimum set of subsystems required.