Overview

Version 2024.1 

Adams/Car is the industry-standard simulation tool in the automotive industry for kinematic (suspension) and dynamic (ride/handling, durability, NVH, etc) simulation. This class is a comprehensive overview of Adams/Car that ranges from the basics of subsystem adjustment through to progressively more advanced topics such as event creation, template creation, tire selection, control system integration, flexible body swapping and much more.

Objectives:

- Learn about user modes and Adams Car data hierarchy 
- Understand the Adams Car database structure 
- Learning the concept of subsystems and assemblies 
- Creation of new suspension and full vehicle models 
- Creation of user specific events with the Driving Machine 
- Setup of suspension and full vehicle simulations 
- How to use handling and durability tire models
- How to perform suspension and full vehicle simulations 
- Creation of plot configuration files 
- Good practice in creating a fully parametric vehicle model 
- To create and modify templates 
- To create and modify different types of parts 
- How to use communicators 
- How to create new requests within the same subsystem as well as between different subsystems 
- Creation and modification of different property files 
- Creation and modification of automotive elements such as spring, dampers, bushings, bumpstop, etc. 
- How to implement flexible bodies

Pre-requisites:
None

Topics:
- Basic Adams Car concepts
- Creating, adjusting, and simulating suspension and full-vehicle assemblies
- Importing CAD geometry
- Subsystem and assembly variants
- Creating and editing of simulations using the Driving Machine, Road Builder, and Event Builder
- Tire models
- Template creation and modification
- Extracting results from simulations
- Adams Car integration with other applications"