Typically a newly developed van has to withstand the test runs in order to prove that it meets the requirements in stability and safety. However, test rigs show a lot of advantage compared to conventional test runs. Some of these are:

• Weather independency
• Repeatability
• Semi-automatic operation at all hours
• Flexible change of loads possible

• Den Prüfstand mit allen Massen und Gelenken (Kolben, Zylinder, Schalen, Verbindungen)
• ein Modell der Hydraulik (einschließlich Servoventilen, Ölfluss, Kompressibilität des Hydrauliköls u.a.)
• Regelung (modifizierter PID-Regler)
• das Transporter-Gesamtfahrzeugmodell inklusive Reifen

With our model the user is able to gain informations about:

• Variance of different tests with small changes to the initial configuration
• Comparison of different loadings of the van
• Optimization of the adjustments to the test rig
• Effects of changes to the test rig
• Pre iteration of differnet control signals