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Innovations in durability testing and engineering

The evolution of the transportation industry deeply impacts durability testing processes. Manufacturers introduce multiple vehicle variants, with lightweight designs and or electrified powertrains. At the same time, consumers’ demand for durable products remains high. Durability testing teams suffer from an increased workload under time pressure.

As such it’s essential to streamline your entire durability testing process. This can be done by integrating rugged and reliable data acquisition hardware with comprehensive processing and analysis software. This way, every step of a typical test campaign is handled in the most efficient way, from channel setup and measurements to validation, consolidation, analysis, and reporting.

Next to this, it’s key to include measurements in simulation. This way road load prediction is done in hours instead of days, calculating the wheels’ displacement on a virtual test rig based on internal loads. Once validated, durability simulation helps to optimize vehicle performance by predicting the impact of material, geometry, and welding changes.

With Simcenter solutions, you execute your entire durability process in less time, with increased confidence, and fewer errors than ever.

Join us for a 7-session online series and learn how to address durability engineering challenges through Durability Testing and Simulation Solutions.

Session 1: Basics of Durability
Webinar

Session 1: Basics of Durability

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.

Session 2: Smart load data acquisition in all environmental conditions
Webinar

Session 2: Smart load data acquisition in all environmental conditions

Learn about the lights-sparse versus the lights-out factory and how to optimize manufacturing toward the digital and autonomous factory of the future.

Session 3: Efficient and automated data consolidation
Webinar

Session 3: Efficient and automated data consolidation

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.

Session 4: Innovative load data and fatigue life analysis
Webinar

Session 4: Innovative load data and fatigue life analysis

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.

Session 5: Creating realistic accelerated durability test schedules
Webinar

Session 5: Creating realistic accelerated durability test schedules

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.

Session 6: Use test data to perform load data prediction and optimize the design
Webinar

Session 6: Use test data to perform load data prediction and optimize the design

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.

Session 7: Predictive Maintenance, Condition Monitoring and failure prediction
Webinar

Session 7: Predictive Maintenance, Condition Monitoring and failure prediction

Introduction to the theory of the fundamentals of durability and fatigue life design, considered in the context of functional performance engineering.