Hi everyone,
I am part of the Vehicle Dynamics/Suspension department for our universities' FS team. I was looking into introducing some kind of MBD package to aid in the development and was wondering if there are any obvious winners (been looking at Altair, Adams, CarSim - all with different pros/cons)
I understand that using MBD we can determine for example different damper or torsion stiffness settings to fulfill the required behavior of the car.
I heard that something like Altair might be a bit easier (especially considering time constraints) to grasp and get something going with its pre-made library that can be used for FS too.
During my previous years at uni I have done some MATLAB modelling of quarter cars/half cars, done tyre modelling and fitting, and looked into handling behavior of an FS car, and so I posses a good enough understanding (at least as a starting point) of vehicle dynamics.
Any useful info from anyone or advice would be much appreciated.