EDVTS (Engineering Dynamics Vehicle Trailer Simulator) is a simulation of the response of a vehicle-trailer system to driver braking and steering inputs. The user provides a set of initial conditions (position aand velocity) and driver inputs. EDVTS determines how the vehicle and trailer respond to those inputs by generating the path, velocity acceleration, tire forces and other data as a function of time.
EDVTS is a 4 degree-of-freedom (yaw plane) analysis; suspension effects are ignored, but quasistatic load transfers are calculated using current forward and lateral acceleration. EDSVS incorporates a powerful, new tire-terrain interaction model that allows vehicle motion to be simulated on 3D surfaces.
IRIX version compatibility: 5.3, 6.x
Terry Day
President
Engineering Dynamics Corporation
8625 SW Cascade Boulevard
Suite 200
Beaverton, OR 97008-7100
USA
503-644-4500
503-526-0905 (fax)
day@edccorp.com
For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Engineering Visualization, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Systems Simulation (Kinematics), Multibody system analysis, the developer index for Engineering Dynamics Corporation and the product category index for Engineering Analysis.
EDVTS is a Trademark of Engineering Dynamics Corporation