Volvo Car Corporation selects VI-CarRealTime to quickly design active chassis systems

Flagship real-time solution by VI-grade used for concept development, development of active chassis

systems and as interface to Hardware-In-The-Loop simulations

Marburg, January 31^st, 2012 – VI-grade GmbH, the leading provider of best-in-class products and services to bridge the gap between real world testing and technical simulation, today announced that Volvo Car Corporation has selected VI-CarRealTime, the specialized real-time vehicle simulation environment from VI-grade, to optimize the design of their vehicles. In particular, the Volvo research and development team selected the VI-CarRealTime solution due to the direct interface with ADAMS/Car and thus will increase the speed of concept development.

“We were looking for a reliable solution that could enable us to easily design and optimize our vehicles” says Georgios Minos, Manager, CAE and Objective Testing, at Volvo Car Corporation. “The functionalities offered by VI-CarRealTime enable us to easily integrate with ADAMS/Car, providing a seamless process of transferring high-fidelity vehicle data from validated and trusted ADAMS/Car models to real-time simulation models in VI-CarRealTime. This saves time and builds confidence in the conceptual phase.”

“We are excited about the collaboration with Volvo Car Corporation” says Guido Bairati, Sales Director of VI-grade. “The addition of this important new customer to the list of all other vehicle manufacturers and suppliers worldwide that already use VI-CarRealTime proves once again the strategic value of our solution in the automotive engineering process.  We want to extend our thanks to our distributor in Sweden, CAE Value AB, who was instrumental in making this collaboration possible.”

About VI-CarRealTime

VI-CarRealTime provides a vehicle simulation environment where the same simplified vehicle model can be used by vehicle dynamics and controls engineers to optimize vehicle and control system performance.  The product enables engineers to quickly and easily perform large Design of Experiments (DOE) and multi-objective optimization studies. VI-CarRealTime is the only real-time solution available in the market that can automatically and seamlessly export a real-time vehicle model directly from ADAMS/Car™. Similarly, VI-CarRealTime also enables to share component property files such as tires, springs, dampers, and bumpstops with ADAMS/Car™.  VI-CarRealTime provides validated models which can be used by controls and hydraulic engineers to optimize the controller design based on accurate vehicle performance. VI-CarRealTime can be integrated with Matlab Simulink for controls systems. For further information please visit: http://www.vi-grade.com/index.php?pagid=vehicle_dynamics_carrealtime . 

About CAE Value

CAE Value AB is a specialist provider of unique solutions and services in simulation and optimization operating on a world-wide basis with an emphasis on Optimization Driven Innovation. Located in Gothenburg, Sweden, CAE Value was founded on the drive to deliver state-of-the-art consulting and software to satisfy the industry’s need to bridge the gap between virtual prototypes and the real world.  CAE Value is a representative for VI-grade in Sweden.  For further information about CAE Value please visit: http://www.caevalue.com.

About VI-grade

VI-grade GmbH is the leading provider of best-in-class software products and services for advanced applications in the field of system level simulation. VI-grade, established in 2005, delivers innovative solutions to streamline the development process from concept to sign-off in the transportation industry, mainly automotive, aerospace, motorcycle, motorsports and railways. With office locations in Germany, Italy, Japan, and the USA, and a worldwide channel network of 20 trusted partners, VI-grade is a young and growing company with a highly skilled technical team. For further information, please visit: www.vi-grade.com.

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