Title: A technique for developing a high accuracy durability test for a Light Truck on a Six Degree-of-Freedom Road Test Simulator

Authors: Peijun Xu, Gerry Peticca, Dan Wong

Addresses: University of Windsor/Chrysler Canada Automotive Research and Development Centre, 3939 Rhodes Drive, Windsor, Ontario N8W 5B5, Canada; Chrysler LLC, CIMS 482-05-38, 800 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326, USA; Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., 7800 Walton Parkway, New Albany, Ohio 43054, USA. ' University of Windsor/Chrysler Canada Automotive Research and Development Centre, 3939 Rhodes Drive, Windsor, Ontario N8W 5B5, Canada. ' University of Windsor/Chrysler Canada Automotive Research and Development Centre, 3939 Rhodes Drive, Windsor, Ontario N8W 5B5, Canada

Abstract: A technique for developing a high accuracy laboratory durability test for a light-duty pickup truck on an MTS Six Degree-of-Freedom Light Truck (LT) Road Test Simulator (RTS) is presented. On the vehicle being studied, various transducers were instrumented. On-road data was acquired for drive file development on a RTS. Vehicle transducer responses from the road were used as targets to be achieved on the simulator. Several simulation schemes using different vehicle transducer configurations as control channels were attempted and the correlation of transducer responses between those achieved on the simulator and the on-road data was analysed. The configuration that produced the best correlation with on-road responses was adopted to develop the drive files used for subsequent vehicle durability testing.

Keywords: RTS; road test simulator; instrumentation; data acquisition; data analysis; drive file development; drive file; fatigue damage; durability testing; vehicle design; light trucks; pickup trucks; simulation; vehicle transducers; vehicle durability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2008.020892

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2008 Vol.47 No.1/2/3/4, pp.290 - 304

Published online: 22 Oct 2008 *

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