Siemens Simcenter Tire

Providing a versatile and cost-efficient approach to tire modeling

Highlights

  • Provides accurate modeling of tire-road interaction forces and moments
  • Aims for robustness, speed, and wide availability
  • Supports real-time applications
  • Provides a wide range of MF-Tyre/MF-Swift datasets

Description

The tire is a highly non-linear vehicle component that has a significant effect on the behavior of a vehicle. As the number of vehicle models on the market continues increasing, so does the number of possible use cases that need to be tested and validated. This fact, in combination with everlasting strive for reduced development times, calls for ever more simulation instead of physical vehicle testing.

The goal of Simcenter Tire is to accurately represent tire forces and moments throughout a variety of vehicle dynamic simulations. More specifically, the Simcenter Tire portfolio consists of the MF-Tyre/MF-Swift tire model, the MF-Tool tire model parameterization tool, tire testing and consultancy services and the Tire Model Markeplace. The MF-Tyre/MF-Swift model is seamlessly integrated into a MATLAB by means of a dedicated library.

MF-Tyre™ is the worldwide standard implementation of the Pacejka Magic Formula, including the most recent developments, such as representing the effects of inflation pressure and estimating combined slip behavior. MF-Tyre is the only Pacejka Magic Formula-based tire model that is available in all major vehicle dynamic simulation packages. The model is available for both desktop as well as real-time simulations. These attributes make MF-Tyre an excellent tire model for conducting vehicle handling and control prototyping analyses. MF-Tyre™ is maintained and available as freeware for MATLAB, Simulink®, and Simscape™ applications.

The MF-Tyre product can be extended with turn slip modelling for accurate representation of the tire performance under low speed steering and parking conditions. 

MF-Swift is an extension of MF-Tyre for ride comfort, road load, and vibration analysis. MF-Swift adds generic 3D obstacle enveloping and tire-belt dynamics to MF-Tyre functionality. With this approach, an all-in-one tire model is created in which all relevant vehicle dynamic simulations can be performed. The MF-Swift model provides short simulation times for 3D uneven road simulations. Due to its structure, parameters can be easily identified from measurements, or estimated by the end user early in development before physical tires are available for testing. Also, MF-Swift is available for both desktop and real-time simulations.

The Simcenter Tire team can support you in obtaining tire more parameters by providing knowledge transfer on tire testing and parameterization, dedicated on-road tire tests, and/or off-the-shelf models from its Tire Model Marketplace.

More information is available at the Simcenter Tire solution page.

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Required Products

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Windows

Support

  • Consulting
  • E-mail
  • Fax
  • On-site assistance
  • Telephone
  • Training

Product Type

  • Modeling and Simulation Tools

Tasks

  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis and Statistics
  • Real-Time Systems
  • System Modeling and Simulation
  • Vibration Analysis and Control

Industries

  • Automotive