MGA use their own test benches for realtime simulation tests in the transport industry. Portable data acquisition systems are used on test tracks to acquire the necessary data such as acceleration and speed in order to create vibration and fatigue profiles. Usually, such test tracks are designed in such a manner that they damage the vehicle far more than a normal road would. This allows the test engineers to simulate the entire vehicle lifecycle in a shorter period of time.
Solution Requirements:
Millbrook in Bedfordshire, UK, is an independent, world leading engineering test and development facility that provides confidential, proven test results for applications in a variety of sectors, from automotive and public transport, right through to testing front line military vehicles to the highest standards.
Facilities for vehicle testing at Millbrook include unique test tracks, such as a demanding circuit that features a 3.2km (2 mile) banked high-speed circuit, which is used regularly for tests over 240 kph (150 mph). There is also a purpose built hill route with a range of extended gradients of 7, 11, 14, 17, 21 and 26 percent. Millbrook has a comprehensive array of surfaces, including an area comprising sinusoidal and random waveforms with coarse blacktop, “cats eyes” and other eye-watering, suspension-jarring features.