Ground transportation is undergoing one of the biggest changes in its history. Be it passenger cars or commercial vehicles, off-road or agricultural vehicles, motorbikes or even rail: Manufacturers must deal with fierce global competition and market consolidation – with trends such as digitalization, autonomous driving, and electrification. Rigid standards are paired with high end-user expectations regarding reliability, sound quality, ride comfort, energy consumption, driving range, and price.
All ground vehicle and rail manufacturers are under pressure to optimize their entire value chain – from R&D to production – to gain a competitive edge. Advanced simulation, virtual and physical testing are key to shorter times to market at lower cost while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, traceability, and quality assurance.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a rapidly growing market. New powertrains are being developed at a fast pace, requiring extensive testing and optimization. And how do auxiliary systems such as air conditioning or infotainment affect a vehicle’s electric behaviour?
HBK provides the entire measurement chain for electric power testing – from electric machine testing to complex inverter control testing. Acquiring mechanical and electrical signals simultaneously helps you to better understand and optimize the EV.
Structural integrity testing determines a vehicle’s lifetime expectancy. It’s about validating designs and balancing weight and dimensioning, safe operation, durability and robustness, performance and reliability. How well will a component, an assembly, or the full vehicle withstand typical operating load conditions for a specified period?
Prior to running any lab or real-world tests in the field, validating structural integrity starts with a full simulation based on CAE-models. HBK’s seamless toolbox of simulation software, data acquisition hardware, powerful post-processing software, and test services was designed to reduce time and resources throughout all test cycles.
Squeaking brakes or rattling windscreen wipers are typical examples of unwanted noise in a car caused by mechanical vibration. As the driver can hear and feel it, it affects driving comfort and – more subtly – his or her perception of the car brand. Surely the driver of a luxury limousine is less likely to tolerate unwanted noise than the driver of a small city car. Hence how we assess noise is closely associated with what we expect.
Measuring noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) is a means for development engineers to evaluate noise levels and keep them within limits that are acceptable to most customers. Learn more about how HBK’s vast range of simulation, virtual and physical testing solutions can help you master any NVH challenges.
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving are two megatrends in automotive. Developing these systems and their highly challenging safety features implies complex and comprehensive testing, with massive quantities of data to be analysed faster than real-time.
HBK offers an integrated approach of simulation software as well as best-in-class sensors and powerful electronics for subsequent validation in virtual and physical testing. Why go for less than maximum efficiency and reliability in designing ADAS and autonomous driving systems?
With high customer expectations, relentless competition and time criticality, businesses across the world are under pressure to shorten their product development cycles, while reducing cost and maintaining quality. We asked Jens Wiegand, Chief Technology Officer, at HBK, to elaborate on how global trends in product development are shifting and accelerating.
In this second part of our interview, Jens Wiegand, HBK’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President of Electronics & Software share his thoughts on the role technology plays in shortening product development cycles without compromising quality and predicts the next big breakthroughs for the product development team.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are so quiet at low speeds that they can be a danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and other road users. So the challenge for car manufacturers is to create sounds that are detectable but not annoying.
