Full Vehicle Hybrid Simulation Applied to Vehicle Interior Noise Optimization

The challenge of automotive engineering lies in the satisfaction of competing objectives for full vehicle attributes like Noise and Vibration (NVH), Durability, Crash Worthiness, and Vehicle Ride and Handling. In order to meet the ever increasing requirements to launch vehicles on a shorter time frame, and at the same time meet performance targets for the prototype and the production vehicles, automotive companies need to rely more and more on simulation methodology to determine the full vehicle behaviour. The combination of Test and CAE (so-called “Hybrid modeling”) proves to bring significant value to the simulation process, both in terms of accuracy as well as speed and efficiency.