Hydraulic road simulators are used mainly in development, research and test departments. Real and/or synthetically created road conditions are initiated in vehicles with road simulators.
Precise examinations of noise sources, endurance test, component tests, fatigue tests, etc. under dynamic loads are possible.
Quality benefits
Critical driving ranges can be driven repeatedly, modified and or reinforced without limit using dynamic road simulators. An exact analysis can be presented in detail about possible sources of disturbance and influence variables.
Cost benefits
Road simulators are used in connection with climate chambers and solar systems to achieve a substantial reduction in costs and time which occur under conventional test applications with real road drives under climatic limit ranges.
Examples of applications
- Research of endurance stability/signs of fatigue
- Noise analysis of total systems and individual components
- Serviceability analysis
- Optimization of spring and damping properties.
General
Depending on the use, hydraulic simulation test stands can be one-poster system up to
multiple canal systems.
- One poster system
(shock absorber, component test, etc.) - Multi-poster system
(road simulator, exhaust line test, etc.) - Multi-poster system
(wing test, shaker, movements with 6 mobility degrees)