The Durability Alliance News

A lifetime of vehicle service loads simulated within a few weeks

In close cooperation with Instron Structural Test­ing Systems (IST), German automobile manufacturer Adam OPEL AG, based in Rüsselsheim, Germany, has installed a ‘Deterioration’ test rig for complete vehicles, enabling extreme mechanical and environmental fatigue loads to be simulated in the laboratory in the minimum time.

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New Strategic Partner

The Durability Alliance, represented through its current members IST and LMS, is delighted to announce that Kistler Instrumente AG has formally joined as its fourth Strategic Partner.

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DaimlerChrysler Reduces Time To Generate Testing Signals By One-third

DaimlerChrysler - Mercedes Benz has reduced the amount of time needed to match road-testing signals to equivalent loads for laboratory fatigue testing by one-third, while also reducing the potential for variations between the two.

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ZF Steps Up Speed and Accuracy of Durability Testing with LMS Software

ZF Lemförder Fahrwerktechnik (Germany), Car Chassis Technology division of ZF, has improved the cost, accuracy and speed of durability engineering by introducing fatigue-life prediction at the virtual prototyping stage and by performing test track correlated rig tests on complete subassemblies.

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Volkswagen Improves Durability Testing with Virtual Prototyping Tools

In the automotive industry, durability testing in the laboratory often seems to be synonymous with road simulator testing. Multi-axial loading histories previously measured on test tracks are replayed on test rigs, which often have 16 independent actuators.

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