Challenge
Use of lightweight and new materials
In automotive industry, the use of lightweight and new materials (e.g., composites, aluminum) for fuel efficiency and sustainability is essential.
Use of lightweight and new materials
Implications
- Reducing vehicle mass is an essential measure to reduce vehicle costs and increase sustainability, especially with (electric) cars getting heavier.
- OEMs need to reduce vehicle mass and development costs, and at the same time guarantee cars with superior NVH-behavior, quality, durability and handling.
- The use of lightweight and new materials often changes vibration and acoustic behavior, requiring advanced NVH methods to predict and mitigate new noise paths or resonances.
Opportunities
- OEMs must adopt advanced NVH simulations and careful material/structural design to ensure comfort and brand sound quality are not compromised by introducing lightweight and new materials.
- NVH software enabling structural modification, using hybrid models (combining test-based and numerical models), facilitates easy design modification and analyzing the change in NVH behavior in one go.
How VIBES can help
Reduce the need for complex and inaccurate numerical models
What do we do?
We break complex systems down into parts that can be accurately modelled separately. Here we use test-based models to accurately model complex parts, and numerical models for simple parts. Combined, these component models result in an assembly suitable for highly accurate NVH-analysis.
Our value
We help manufacturers avoid spending time and costs on trying to accurately numerically model complex parts that become available, avoiding false accuracy and enabling highly accurate NVH-analysis.
Our experience
We have developed advanced methodologies to enable Hybrid Modular Modelling and are regarded as industry leader. We have demonstrated the strength of our methodologies at many manufacturers.
Our solutions & software products
To reduce the need for complex and potentially inaccurate numerical models, we would apply: Hybrid Modular Modelling, and Frequency-based Substructuring. These solutions are implemented in DIRAC and COUPLE software with full customer success support.
Virtually optimize components in a measured assembly to avoid testing physical variants
What do we do?
Our proprietary software enables insightful modification of components, by easily replacing these components in a virtual model of the (measured) assembly.
Our value
By enabling virtual modification of components in a measured assembly, we enable quick and easy optimization of the NVH-behavior, Ride & Handling and car quality throughout the vehicle development process. Thus, we facilitate effective and efficient design and development, helping to avoid delayed product launch.
Our experience
We have developed a unique and innovative Hybrid Modular Modelling technique that allows virtually optimization of components in existing physical assemblies. We have demonstrated the strength of our methodology at many manufacturers and suppliers.
Our solutions & software products
To virtually optimize components in a measured assembly to avoid testing physical variants, we would apply: Hybrid Modular Modelling, Source Description and Transfer Path Analysis. These solutions are implemented in DIRAC, COUPLE and SOURCE software with full customer success support.
Optimize product development processes, using Hybrid Modular Engineering
What do we do?
Our Hybrid Modular Engineering (HME) approach enables smart modeling, testing, measuring and analysis, optimizing product development in many areas: minimizing engineer effort, improving collaboration between departments and increasing effectiveness and accuracy of design and development.
Our value
Applying our HME-approach helps manufacturers improve their product design and development processes in many ways, such as by optimizing multi-attribute product behavior, minimizing late-stage NVH-issues, increasing team productivity, improving collaboration between departments and with suppliers, and reducing product and development costs.
Our experience
Since 2016, we have been developing our innovative Hybrid Modular Engineering approach, as well as best-in-class software, to enable manufacturers to optimize their product development processes, focusing on reducing noise and vibration. Many large OEMs have since adopted our HME-approach and software.
Adopt a multi-objective, multi-attribute design process
What do we do?
Our advanced proprietary software solutions enable highly accurate Hybrid Modular Modelling. Our highly-qualified engineers help car manufacturers optimize multi-objective, multi-attribute vehicle design.
Our value
Our solutions enable car manufactures to better understand the balance between vehicle objectives such as NVH-behavior, Ride & Handling and durability, when analyzing vehicle attributes such as powertrain, tires/wheels, suspension and auxiliary components.
As such, we help them reduce cost in the development process and build optimal products at reduced production cost.
Our experience
Since 2016, we have developed and optimized Hybrid Modular Modelling and applied it for various car manufacturers, demonstrating the potential of combining test-based and numerical models to optimize multi-objective, multi-attribute vehicle design.
Increase efficiency, by efficient reuse of measurement data
What do we do?
We apply hybrid simulation methodologies, supported by proprietary software solutions, to enable hybrid modular modelling. This reduces time and money spent on noise reduction and enables best-in-class NVH-designs.
Our value
Applying VIBES solutions and software avoids design time delays and typically results in 400% higher simulation accuracy in the mid and higher frequency range and 40-60% reduction in the number of physical prototype tests.
Our experience
We have 10 years of experience in improving NVH-design, for many manufacturers, through highly accurate and time-efficient hybrid methodologies, software solutions and services.
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