Maplesoft Expands Scope of Automotive Models with Tire Components

By DE Editors

Maplesoft has announced an add-on component library for its physical modeling and simulation product, MapleSim. The MapleSim Tire Component Library lets engineers extend their multi-domain MapleSim vehicle models with high-performance pneumatic tire components.

The MapleSim Tire Component Library provides MapleSim users with industry-standard tire force model components. In addition, linear and user-defined tire models are available to provide flexibility for investigation and analysis. With the easy-to-use point-and-click MapleSim graphical environment, these fully parameterized force models can be integrated into existing vehicle dynamics models by simply dragging the component into a diagram and connecting the component to the vehicle model.

MapleSim Tire Component Library features include:

• Kinematic quantities, such as slip angle, longitudinal slip, and inclination angle are derived automatically and available to the user. These quantities are used to determine the tire forces and moments.
• Engineers can control how the tire slip and rolling radius are calculated, and include tire transients through differential equations involving relaxation lengths.
• Support for the following industry-standard tire models: Fiala, Calspan, and Pacejka 2002. For custom research and development applications, user-defined tire models can be constructed easily using an intuitive interface.

Single-user professional licenses of the MapleSim Tire Component Library are available for US $2,995 in North America.

For more information, visit Maplesoft.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.