COSIN SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE / GIPSER + HOFMANN, INGENIEURE, PARTNERSCHAFT

FTire and Simulia Solutions

• FTire has a well-maintained and regularly tested interface to Abaqus, Simpack, and Dymola
• FTire uses the same library, data files, and the same kind of licensing in all environments
• FTire completely separates the road model evaluation from the calling vehicle model, thus tremendously widening the class of supported road models
• FTire is faster than FE-based tire models by several orders of magnitude
• FTire takes into account more relevant tire properties, such as bulk and surface temperatures, air cavity vibrations, flexible or viscoelastic road surfaces, tread wear predictions, and many more
• Abaqus can be used to parameterise FTire. The respective new method exhibits many advantages over the classical, measurement-based approach, among them:
  • applicability in very early stages of tire design, thus extending FTire’s scope from a ‚tire description tool‘ to a ‚tire design tool‘
  • tremendous cost reduction by saving lab time
  • use of non-standard load-cases for which no test-rig exists
  • improved repeatability and easy modification of operating conditions within wide bounds

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