Vehicle Dynamics Expo 2012 Open Technology Forum

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Day 2

10:30 : 12:30
Suspension, damping, steering - Tuning, development and testing
Day 2 Wednesday 13 June 2012

VIRTUAL TESTS TO SUPPORT FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF A TORQUE VECTORED E-MOTOR VEHICLE”
Mr James Waters, HiL engineer - Virtual Testing, Lotus Engineering Ltd.

Full vehicle simulation of complete durability schedule
Dr Marco Franco Spinelli, Virtual Analysis Manager, Fiat SpA

DVS: new technology for substituting real sensors with virtual sensors
Prof Mario Milanese, managing director, Modelway Srl

Active human body models for vehicle dynamics simulation
Dr Valentin Keppler, CEO, Biomotion Solutions GbR

12:30 : 15:00
Designing in Safety
Day 2 Wednesday 13 June 2012

Development of procedures and criteria for active safety assessment
Mr Marco Pesce, vehicle dynamics senior specialist, Centro Ricerche Fiat

Stress distribution in the tyre - road contact patch
Prof Gabriel Anghelache, professor, University Politehnica of Bucharest

Tyre pressure and TPMS in end customer practice
Mr Jörg Sturmhoebel, CMO, NIRA Dynamics AB

Commercial vehicle dynamics
Mr Martin Reder, director of Engineering, BWI Group

Determination of tyre parameters based on tyre forces, tyre dift- and toe angle
Mr Michael Dörr, R&D manager, Kistler Automotive GmbH

15:00 : 16:30
Design and component innovation
Day 2 Wednesday 13 June 2012

G-Vectoring: new vehicle dynamics control technology for safe driving
Dr Makoto Yamakado, senior researcher, Hitachi Ltd

DampTronic select: a cost-efficient two-stage damping system
Mr Klaus Schmidt, head of development Aktive Systems, ThyssenKrupp Bilstein

Control knobs: integrated plastic bearing solutions and advantages
Mr Mark Watkins, EMEA Sales Manager, BNL (UK) Limited