Computer-Aided Engineering Improves Performance

As the automotive industry becomes increasingly reliant on virtual modeling tools to speed vehicle development, it also looks to virtual tools to provide understanding of how specific modifications change the interaction with other systems. Visteon's advanced and vehicle-level use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools helps improve management of potential issues and enables the development of better systems and components.

Visteon's full-service CAE approach offers numerous benefits to the vehicle manufacturer, including:

  • Identification and resolution of design issues early in the
    development process
  • Improved durability, performance and Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) and safety
  • Reduction in late-design changes
  • Accelerated design and development process

Modeling Provides Accurate Results
Visteon's CAE approach allows us to provide our customers with extremely accurate measures of vehicle design and analysis. This method, which incorporates parametric modeling techniques, assures that the virtual models are created efficiently and consistently.

Parametric modeling allows engineers to quickly change dimension, mass, materials and other properties of a component while also learning how those changes affect other components within the system.

In addition to the standard CAE software that is used to model vehicle elements and the interactions between components, Visteon develops and uses software add-ons to extend the functionality of this software. For instance, one of these add-ons simulates vehicle dynamics; it provides specific models for use in full-vehicle modeling that can predict real-world scenarios (e.g. temperature: sun load/cold, wind speed, etc.)

Improving NVH
Correlating virtual models with physical hardware is an important component of Visteon's efforts to improve NVH for customers and consumers. Within a virtual environment, Visteon is able to optimize system design to:

  • Reduce overall vibration
  • Isolate vibration energy from passengers
  • Manage resonance within the system
  • Enable design optimization of those elements which cause NVH early in the design process.

Reduced Development Time
The overall advantage of CAE is that potential design issues can be identified in a virtual environment to help engineers solidify the design prior to developing prototypes and tooling. This can significantly reduce development time and costs, because the likelihood of engineering changes occurring after tooling has been produced are significantly reduced.

Visteon's use of CAE tools helps to deliver solutions that offer significant benefits to vehicle manufacturers and consumers. This, combined with more than 90 years of development experience, allows Visteon the ability to provide effective solutions to an ever-changing automotive marketplace. For more information about Visteon's capabilities, please follow the link below.

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