Road to Future Testing Lies in Simulation: 'Flat Trac' Provides Accuracy, Control, Reduced Costs,

Abstract

Engineers at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) currently are planning to adopt and expand upon a vehicle simulation concept used in the automotive industry. This effort will further enhance the ATC standing as a leader in the automotive testing arena. Greg A. Schultz, chief of ATC's Instrumentation Applications Branch, says that ATC is studying the innovative design of MTS Systems Corporation, a Minnesota-based engineering firm. MTS engineers are pioneers in development of hardware in the loop simulations for commercial automobiles. MTS uses the Flat Trac-R Roadway Simulator, a technology which may enable testing of the largest military trucks, allowing many of the tests performed on the proving ground test tracks to be performed under the controlled conditions of the laboratory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323488

Entities

People

  • Greg Schultz

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Automotive Industry
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Instrumentation
  • Moving Targets
  • Performance Tests
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Targets
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Fixtures
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Research Science/Academic Research